The Nerd Reich
Kamala Harris vs. The Nerd Reich of Silicon Valley
The coming battle of 2024
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Dystopia
With J.D. Vance on Trump ticket, the Nerd Reich goes national
The Nerd Reich has their man in Washington
Solano County's 'scrappy resistance' defeats California Forever
The California Forever initiative, a.k.a. East Solano Plan, has been pulled from the 2024 ballot in Solano County, California. From Nick McConnell at The Reporter: In the most stunning turn yet in its months-long saga for a new city in Solano County, California Forever abruptly removed the East
‘Deep Tech’: Did Balaji's San Francisco Network State ‘smoke test’ fail?
Grab the popcorn - it's Gray Tribe movie time
Dystopia
California Forever's biggest PR problem may be its CEO
Jan Sramek has a talent for saying disastrous things
Trump-loving San Francisco?
Those Trump-loving tech 'moderates'
Conspiracy Theory
Y Combinator CEO boosts ‘Soros’ conspiracy theory
Garry Tan veers off into alt-right conspiracy theory
Smear Campaign: Garry Tan embraces strategy of defamation and libel
The point: The “Voice of San Francisco,” the “parallel media” project run by Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan’s favorite local blogger, is resorting to false and defamatory attacks. Tan is boosting those attacks to his large X/Twitter following. But these desperate and legally perilous tactics underscore the shakiness
garry tan
Garry Tan and the violent edge in San Francisco Bay Area politics
Is this a case of 'Small Man Syndrome,' or something more sinister?
California Forever
'Solano Gap': California Forever scrambles to create a need
It's looking very, very bad for the tech billionaires' plan to impose a "utopia" city on Solano County. Can the project be saved?
California Forever
Miracle in Solano: California Forever unites Democrats and Republicans
The point: The California Forever project appears headed for a massive defeat in November. But the billionaires behind the proposed "tech utopia" have managed to pull off a true political miracle in 2024: uniting Democrats and Republicans – against their project. I got a sneak peak at more detailed
Fascism
San Francisco tech VC applauds fascist Pinochet's helicopter 'death rides'
The point: Local tech venture capitalist Lee Edwards – a vocal ally of Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan – publicly celebrated a fascist dictator's habit of throwing murdered political opponents from helicopters. It's the latest escalation of violent imagery and rhetoric from San Francisco's anti-progressive tech