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Maronno Winchester<p>Turns out they’re illegal. <a href="https://www.iccl.ie/digital-data/eu-ruling-tracking-based-advertising-by-google-microsoft-amazon-x-across-europe-has-no-legal-basis/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.iccl.ie/digital-data...</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23TCF" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TCF</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23consent" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#consent</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23data" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#data</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23privacy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23EU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EU</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23GDPR" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GDPR</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23BigTech" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigTech</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23maliciousCompliance" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maliciousCompliance</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23SiliconValley" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SiliconValley</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23adtech" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#adtech</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23technoFascism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technoFascism</a><br><br><a href="https://www.iccl.ie/digital-data/eu-ruling-tracking-based-advertising-by-google-microsoft-amazon-x-across-europe-has-no-legal-basis/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">EU ruling: tracking-based adve...</a></p>
Aral Balkan<p>Those annoying “consent” cookie pop ups that Big Tech has been using as part of their malicious compliance efforts to convince you that data protection law in the EU is a nuisance?</p><p>Turns out they’re illegal.</p><p><a href="https://www.iccl.ie/digital-data/eu-ruling-tracking-based-advertising-by-google-microsoft-amazon-x-across-europe-has-no-legal-basis/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">iccl.ie/digital-data/eu-ruling</span><span class="invisible">-tracking-based-advertising-by-google-microsoft-amazon-x-across-europe-has-no-legal-basis/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/TCF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TCF</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/consent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GDPR</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/maliciousCompliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maliciousCompliance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/adtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adtech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/technoFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technoFascism</span></a></p>
LilMikeSF<p>Largest <a href="https://c.im/tags/hotel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hotel</span></a> in <a href="https://c.im/tags/SanJose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanJose</span></a> seized by lenders in <a href="https://c.im/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> shyster property power play move that ousts local financier <a href="https://c.im/tags/SamHirbod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SamHirbod</span></a> who'd sold off portion last year to create <a href="https://c.im/tags/college" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>college</span></a> dorms. The foreclosure move prices Signia <a href="https://c.im/tags/Hilton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hilton</span></a> tower at $57m, a mere fraction of previous valuation when remaining 541 rentable rms appraised at well over $200m last year, even less than $134 million loan that <a href="https://c.im/tags/BrightSpire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrightSpire</span></a> capital put into the hotel renovations previously.</p><p><a href="https://www.siliconvalley.com/2025/05/12/san-jose-economy-hotel-travel-property-build-loan-real-estate-covid/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">siliconvalley.com/2025/05/12/s</span><span class="invisible">an-jose-economy-hotel-travel-property-build-loan-real-estate-covid/</span></a></p>
Silicon Apostate<p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> is a <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/BlackMirror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMirror</span></a> of its original rebellious roots—and it’s not just obviously terrible collaborators like <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Palantir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palantir</span></a>. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@violetblue" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>violetblue</span></a></span> calls out the passivity of tech industry enablers who “need an empathy upgrade, stat.” <a href="https://www.engadget.com/2018-06-22-microsofts-ice-involvement-tech-denial-problem.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">engadget.com/2018-06-22-micros</span><span class="invisible">ofts-ice-involvement-tech-denial-problem.html</span></a></p>
Mattia Rigotti<p>This aged great</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a></p>
Cecil B. DeMented<p>Digitaler Kolonialismus</p><p>Die Anwältin Mercy Mutemi führt in Kenia mehrere strategische Verfahren gegen Tech-Konzerne. Im Interview erzählt sie, warum Content-Moderator:innen Gerechtigkeit verdienen und wie ihre Vision für eine selbstbestimmte digitale Zukunft Afrikas aussieht.</p><p><a href="https://netzpolitik.org/2025/digitaler-kolonialismus-viele-menschen-haben-fuer-metas-profit-gelitten/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">netzpolitik.org/2025/digitaler</span><span class="invisible">-kolonialismus-viele-menschen-haben-fuer-metas-profit-gelitten/</span></a></p><p>via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@netzpolitik_feed" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>netzpolitik_feed</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kolonialismus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kolonialismus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ausbeutung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ausbeutung</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalerKolonialismus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalerKolonialismus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/arbeiterinnenrechte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arbeiterinnenrechte</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/outsourcing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outsourcing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/afrika" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>afrika</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigtech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meta</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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Smartphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Smartphones</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SmartphoneBan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VirtualReality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a></p>
Calishat<p><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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>
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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SiliconAlley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconAlley</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"I cannot stress enough that some of the most powerful people on the planet have been captured by a worldview that is fundamentally anti-human."</p><p>~ Leah Greenberg</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Thiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thiel</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zuckerberg</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Bezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bezos</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicElites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicElites</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SuperRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SuperRich</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://subium.com/profile/leahgreenberg.bsky.social/post/3lo5m2uol322a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">subium.com/profile/leahgreenbe</span><span class="invisible">rg.bsky.social/post/3lo5m2uol322a</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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicElites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicElites</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TaxCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxCuts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicElites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicElites</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TaxCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxCuts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicElites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicElites</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TaxCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxCuts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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>
Thomas Barrio<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://juick.com/lurker/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transhumanisme</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%C3%89thique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Éthique</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dystopie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dystopie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Substack</span></a>, &amp; <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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>
Heretical_i<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GossiTheDog</span></a></span> I hadnt heard! But that's 🤣</p><p>"Hacked crosswalks impersonate billionaires"!<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIkQWL53Aj0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=hIkQWL53Aj</span><span class="invisible">0</span></a> <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/Hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hacking</span></a> <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/Crosswalks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crosswalks</span></a> in Elon-Land, <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/FuckShitUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuckShitUp</span></a></p>
Deirdre Saoirse Moen<p>Friends of mine has a starter home (3br, 1,000 sq ft, single family on small lot) home in <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sunnyvale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sunnyvale</span></a> coming on the market if anyone knows someone looking.</p><p><a href="https://www.349nmurphyave.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">349nmurphyave.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/siliconvalley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>siliconvalley</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/realestate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>realestate</span></a></p>
Technology | The Guardian US<p>It’s not too late to stop Trump and the Silicon Valley broligarchy from controlling our lives, but we must act now | Carole Cadwalladr <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global/2025/apr/20/carole-cadwalladr-ted-talk-this-is-what-a-digital-coup-looks-like-its-not-too-late-to-stop-trump-and-the-silicon-valley-broligarchy-from-controlling-our-lives-but-we-must-act-now" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/global/2025/ap</span><span class="invisible">r/20/carole-cadwalladr-ted-talk-this-is-what-a-digital-coup-looks-like-its-not-too-late-to-stop-trump-and-the-silicon-valley-broligarchy-from-controlling-our-lives-but-we-must-act-now</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Artificialintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Artificialintelligence</span></a>(AI) <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/SamAltman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SamAltman</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Computing</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAI</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Ted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ted</span></a></p>