The findings push back on the idea that founders returning from the U.S. and elsewhere are better equipped to build lasting businesses. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/09/tech/homegrown-startups-returnee-talent/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #startups #tech #india #us #siliconvalley
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"Additional Epstein related materials were released this afternoon. One image circulating appears to be a photograph taken by Epstein himself and sent to his own email. It shows a dinner in 2015 attended by Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg.
Records indicate Epstein had planned a dinner that same year with Musk, Zuckerberg, and Peter Thiel."
~ Aaron Parnas
#Epstein #Trump #ElonMusk #MarkZuckerberg #PeterThiel #TechBros #SiliconValley
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https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/important-update-white-house-demands
"Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk became the first high-ranking official to ask the question on everyone’s mind on Feb. 4 — Was convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein working with Russia?
He added that Poland would investigate possible links between Epstein and Russian intelligence services."
~ Tim Zadorozhnyy, Oleg Sukhov
#Epstein #Trump #EconomicElites #pedophiles #Russia #Putin #Poland
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"Additional Epstein related materials were released this afternoon. One image circulating appears to be a photograph taken by Epstein himself and sent to his own email. It shows a dinner in 2015 attended by Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg.
Records indicate Epstein had planned a dinner that same year with Musk, Zuckerberg, and Peter Thiel."
~ Aaron Parnas
#Epstein #Trump #ElonMusk #MarkZuckerberg #PeterThiel #TechBros #SiliconValley
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https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/important-update-white-house-demands
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‘The smart, the rich, the powerful’: Epstein associated with Silicon Valley elite years after his release from prison https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/03/epstein-silicon-valley #JeffreyEpstein #SiliconValley #ElonMusk #JeffBezos #LarryPage #SergeyBrin #EvanWilliams #BillGates #MarissaMayer #MichaelWolff #StephenHawking #AndrewMountbattenwindsor #BillClinton #PeterGabriel #NoamChomsky #MohammedBinSalman #TheSuperrich #UsNews #WorldNews
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Back in 2020, tech companies expounded about how important it was to "bring your whole self to work." Now, they want you to leave that girl or guy at home, while you, of course, return to the office. What gives? @mmasnick writes for @techdirt.com about how it was always just a business decision — and that explains the rightward shift across Silicon Valley too.
‘The smart, the rich, the powerful’: Epstein associated with Silicon Valley elite years after his release from prison https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/03/epstein-silicon-valley #JeffreyEpstein #SiliconValley #ElonMusk #JeffBezos #LarryPage #SergeyBrin #EvanWilliams #BillGates #MarissaMayer #MichaelWolff #StephenHawking #AndrewMountbattenwindsor #BillClinton #PeterGabriel #NoamChomsky #MohammedBinSalman #TheSuperrich #UsNews #WorldNews
Back in 2020, tech companies expounded about how important it was to "bring your whole self to work." Now, they want you to leave that girl or guy at home, while you, of course, return to the office. What gives? @mmasnick writes for @techdirt.com about how it was always just a business decision — and that explains the rightward shift across Silicon Valley too.
"The web of ties between Epstein, Moscow and Silicon Valley leads back to Steve Bannon and Nigel Farage. ...
As Epstein and Thiel’s finances aligned, so did their politics. Both men were unusually important early backers of Donald Trump’s first presidency."
~ Peter Jukes
#Epstein #Trump #pedophiles #EconomicElites #coverup #Putin #SteveBannon #NigelFarage #PeterThiel #crypto #TechBros #SiliconValley
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https://www.bylinesupplement.com/p/in-putins-orbit-the-crypto-politics
"Though Epstein has gone, the cryptocurrency infrastructure he helped to rescue, the ideological antipathy to regulation in Silicon Valley, and the dark, unaccountable influence of crypto politics in our democratic elections remain one of his most damaging legacies."
#Epstein #Trump #pedophiles #EconomicElites #coverup #Putin #SteveBannon #NigelFarage #PeterThiel #crypto #TechBros #SiliconValley
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"The odds of there being any investigation at all are terminally long."
~ Charles Pierce
#Epstein #Trump #pedophiles #EconomicElites #coverup
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https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a70226681/epstein-files-american-elites/
"The web of ties between Epstein, Moscow and Silicon Valley leads back to Steve Bannon and Nigel Farage. ...
As Epstein and Thiel’s finances aligned, so did their politics. Both men were unusually important early backers of Donald Trump’s first presidency."
~ Peter Jukes
#Epstein #Trump #pedophiles #EconomicElites #coverup #Putin #SteveBannon #NigelFarage #PeterThiel #crypto #TechBros #SiliconValley
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https://www.bylinesupplement.com/p/in-putins-orbit-the-crypto-politics
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Note: A part of Silicon Valley is not "neutral." It is complicit.
The San Francisco Standard: Reid Hoffman: Silicon Valley can’t be neutral any longer https://sfstandard.com/opinion/2026/01/29/reid-hoffman-silicon-valley-can-t-neutral-any-longer/ @sfstandard
More:
Tech Crunch: Billionaire tech mogul Reid Hoffman urges Silicon Valley leaders to stop bending the knee https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/30/reid-hoffman-urges-silicon-valley-leaders-to-stop-bending-the-knee-to-president-trump/ @TechCrunch #siliconvalley #BigTech
Note: A part of Silicon Valley is not "neutral." It is complicit.
The San Francisco Standard: Reid Hoffman: Silicon Valley can’t be neutral any longer https://sfstandard.com/opinion/2026/01/29/reid-hoffman-silicon-valley-can-t-neutral-any-longer/ @sfstandard
More:
Tech Crunch: Billionaire tech mogul Reid Hoffman urges Silicon Valley leaders to stop bending the knee https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/30/reid-hoffman-urges-silicon-valley-leaders-to-stop-bending-the-knee-to-president-trump/ @TechCrunch #siliconvalley #BigTech
The Fulcrum
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This fucking Free Our Feeds bullshit is basically trying to do for Bluesky what Mozilla does for Google.
And guess what, there’s Mozilla’s executive director and president on as custodians alongside two guys from AI companies and the executive director of Meta partner Social Web Foundation.
I’m so bloody sick and tired of bloody Silicon Valley asshats sucking all the oxygen out of the room with their bullshit and I truly hope the folks roped into legitimising it realise this and distance themselves as quickly as possible (you know who you are).
#FreeOurFeeds #SiliconValley #SanFrancisco #BlueSky #SocialWebFoundation #bullshit
1) The big question for any #Irish or #EU political party is why any of them are still on #X ?
Why would any political party opposed to #billionaire capture of #SocialMedia platforms post anywhere other than a decentralized platform?
The toxic #SiliconValley stack can be escaped. #Mastodon is an obvious exit ramp, based in #Europe. Why aren’t all elected officials there?
The #NewsMedia will follow
@Ciarancuffe #Mastodaoine #IrishPolitics #EUPolitics
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/politics/arid-41771657.html
"For an administration that is building its defining legacy around upsetting the world order for the short-term opportunity to enrich an inner circle of family, cronies, and hangers-on—what WIRED called last summer the 'the enshittification of American power'—Venezuela’s oil and Greenland’s rare earths look more the same than different."
~ Garrett M. Graff
#Trump #Venezuela #Greenland #StephenMiller #SpheresofInfluence #EconomicElites #TechBros
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https://www.wired.com/story/3-keys-understanding-trumps-retro-coup-in-venezuela/
"And the oil companies and tech broligarchs coveting them probably have more in common with the 20th century’s United Fruit Company and sugar barons than they think."
#Trump #Venezuela #Greenland #StephenMiller #SpheresofInfluence #EconomicElites #TechBros #oil #FossilFuels #BigOil #SiliconValley #broligarchy
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For years, I’ve argued that US tech giants need to act like truly global players rather than treating the rest of the world as an afterthought. 🌍 By consistently putting their home market first, these "responsible" actors have ignored the growing risk of treating billions of international users as a secondary market. It’s a dangerous game to play when global connectivity is what built their empires in the first place. 🏛️
#TechPolitics #GlobalMarkets #DigitalSovereignty #SiliconValley
“How could we have known?!”
Maybe if you’d listened to those of us warning you – often times your own damn friends – instead of siding with the corporations that paid your salaries/consulting fees/sponsored your conferences/invited you to parties and bought you free booze…
🤷♂️
#BigTech #BigWeb #SiliconValley #SiliconRoundabout #SurveillanceCapitalism #PeopleFarming #fascism
“But now things suck even for me and I’m sad!”
Oh, the gravy train ran out of gravy, did it? Something about leopards eating people’s faces?
Here, have a very fucking tiny violin.
🎻
#BigTech #BigWeb #SiliconValley #SiliconRoundabout #SurveillanceCapitalism #PeopleFarming #fascism
“How could we have known?!”
Maybe if you’d listened to those of us warning you – often times your own damn friends – instead of siding with the corporations that paid your salaries/consulting fees/sponsored your conferences/invited you to parties and bought you free booze…
🤷♂️
#BigTech #BigWeb #SiliconValley #SiliconRoundabout #SurveillanceCapitalism #PeopleFarming #fascism
Aral Balkan
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@karen @bkuhn Six years on, and with these companies now openly standing with Trump and complicit in Israel’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people, do you still support your decision to have Google and Microsoft as sponsors at your conference? Would you do so again today?
#SFC #softwareFreedom #FOSS #Google #Microsoft #surveillanceCapitalism #BigTech #SiliconValley
@karen @bkuhn Six years on, and with these companies now openly standing with Trump and complicit in Israel’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people, do you still support your decision to have Google and Microsoft as sponsors at your conference? Would you do so again today?
#SFC #softwareFreedom #FOSS #Google #Microsoft #surveillanceCapitalism #BigTech #SiliconValley