Post by @stevestreza@indieweb.social

RE: https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/117241250895962141

Ok, genuinely, tech journalists need to investigate why so much money is being laundered into Omarchy. A bunch of slopware from a white supremacist does not deserve $18 million when real Linux projects have gone unfunded for years. There has to be something else going on here.

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Nicole Parsons

@Npars01@mstdn.social 1 hr. ago

@stevestreza

Just as Russian oligarchs laundered their looted national treasury via real estate, with the full cooperation of the West's financial services....

... petrostate despots & oil oligarchs are laundering their looted PIF's and national treasuries via Silicon Valley, again with the full cooperation of the West's financial services.

https://www.axios.com/2017/12/14/koch-tries-its-hand-at-venture-capital-1513277500

https://www.newsweek.com/photo-elon-musk-jared-kushner-world-cup-draws-criticism-speculation-1768005

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-06/google-thiel-stand-out-in-saudi-prince-s-silicon-valley-tour

https://www.businessinsider.com/saudi-arabia-crown-prince-visits-apple-google-2018-4

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-06/saudis-plan-100-billion-ai-powerhouse-to-rival-uae-s-tech-hub

https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-google-hand-dissident-data-to-saudi-arabia-activists-say-2023-7

Newsweek

Photo of Elon Musk, Jared Kushner at World Cup draws criticism, speculation

Many speculated online about why the Twitter CEO and Donald Trump's son-in-law attended the World Cup final together in Qatar on Sunday.

Axios

The group will be led by Charles Koch's son, Chase.

Bloomberg.com

Bloomberg

Saudi Arabia is planning a new artificial intelligence project with backing of as much as $100 billion as it seeks to develop a technological hub to rival the neighboring United Arab Emirates, people familiar with the matter said.

Bloomberg.com

Bloomberg

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman wrapped up a whirlwind tour of technology titans on Friday, part of a three-week U.S. visit focused on economic opportunities to diversify the oil-rich nation.

Business Insider

Microsoft and Google may have to surrender people's data to Saudi Arabia after signing huge deals there

Saudi Arabia is seeking to be an innovation hub, but activists are warning that tech firms could be complicit in the repression of dissidents.

Business Insider

Saudi Arabia's millennial crown prince got a rare tour inside Apple's new $5 billion campus

Saudi Arabia's millennial crown prince got to see the inside of Apple's new $5 billion campus.

The Fulcrum 🏴‍☠️ ⛓️‍💥 🛠️

@thefulcrum@www.thefulcrum.dev 1 hr. ago

@404mediaco@mastodon.social here is your next project. #404media

Nazo

@nazokiyoubinbou@mastodon.social 2 hr. ago

@stevestreza The only possibly good thing to come out of this is it's providing a lot of names for lists of who is so evil that they must be avoided at all costs.

sarcoptus scabium

@thegarbagebird@theblower.au 3 hr. ago

@stevestreza it could be as simple as it looks; white supremacists are publicly rewarding the behaviour they want to see more of, for the reason that they want to see more of it.

Scott Murray :neurodiversity:

@scott@sfba.social 3 hr. ago

@stevestreza @nixCraft I have to hope that @404mediaco is on this already. 🤞

decapitae

@decapitae@mastodon.social 4 hr. ago

@stevestreza Let's bring the scurrying-insect traffic into the light!

Aaron

@harpaa01@mastodon.social 5 hr. ago

@stevestreza i have a hypothesis: the foundation is going to distribute funds to other projects and now all these companies are going to suspend their other programs to donate to open source (like Digital Ocean did recently) and just hand over all their open source $$$ to DHH and then he gets to gatekeep who gets it.