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A snapshot of Silicon Valley in 2025 is Mark Zuckerberg, now a MAGA-friendly mixed martial arts fan who doesn’t worry much about hate speech on his platforms and complains that corporate America isn’t masculine enough.

wired.comI Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was WrongTech got what it wanted by electing Trump. A year later, it looks more like a suicide pact.

He’s stopped fact-checking and spends time at Mar-a-Lago. And it isn’t just Zuckerberg—a whole cohort of billionaires place their companies’ fortunes above the well-being of society. 🔗 www.wired.com/story/silico...

22/9/25, 2:26 pm42 reposts216 likes

It should be the best of times for the tech world, supercharged by a boom in artificial intelligence. But a shadow has fallen over Silicon Valley.

wired.comI Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was WrongTech got what it wanted by electing Trump. A year later, it looks more like a suicide pact.

The community still overwhelmingly leans left. But with few exceptions, its leaders are responding to Donald Trump by either keeping quiet or actively courting the government. 🔗 www.wired.com/story/silico...

@petticoatdespot.bsky.social

The community may "lean left" in word, but the discrimination against women and Black people is endemic. They are left on issues that white men face, but not overall.

@manruss.bsky.social

Most communities lean left. It’s ownership that aligns best with right wing regimes.

One indelible image of this capture is from Trump’s second inauguration, where a decisive quorum of tech’s elite, after dutifully kicking in million-dollar checks, occupied front-row seats. 🔗 www.wired.com/story/silico...

@peter-butler.bsky.social

So what’s happened to Silicon Valley? Why did the Ayn Rand–loving heroes of tech become Donald Trump’s bootlickers? How did one of the supposedly smartest VCs wind up posting a manifesto that declared war on “trust and safety,” “tech ethics,” and “social responsibility”?

wired.comI Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was WrongTech got what it wanted by electing Trump. A year later, it looks more like a suicide pact.

rebeccasugarday.bsky.social

@rebeccasugarday.bsky.social

Brin’s girlfriend’s instagram account is telling. Once an Obama supporter, now rich so she’s all in on maha/maga.

ItsEasyBeingGreen

@itseasybeinggreen.bsky.social

Brin was married to Nicole Shanahan. He seems to have a thing for crazy women.

@mackloud.bsky.social

illustrations are fantastic 👏

@lurkymclurk.bsky.social

Wait, Anthony Keidis can’t play guitar!