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Racism, misogyny, lies: how did X become so full of hatred? And is it ethical to keep using it?

Ever since Elon Musk took over Twitter, I and many others have been looking for alternatives. Who wants to share a platform with the likes of Andrew Tate and Tommy Robinson?

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New Mexico’s sovereign wealth fund is investing $50M in a bet that scientists will build startups in Albuquerque

A new venture capital studio launched by America’s Frontier Fund is trying to help deep-tech ideas get out of the lab to create successful companies.

Fortune

Behind Vance's conversion to Catholicism

Bradley Onishi explores Vance's conversion to Catholicism and the belief that big government could be good

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Can you judge the tech bros by their bookshelves?

A list of book choices by the Silicon Valley titans offers little more than a blank page with respect to real insights into their mindset

The Guardian - UK

JD Vance urges friend Peter Thiel to back Trump: ‘Get off the sidelines’

Vance previously worked for billionaire Thiel, who went on to back his Senate campaign in 2022

The Independent UK

Ohio Sen. JD Vance Urges Peter Thiel To Support Trump

Ohio Senator JD Vance urges PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel to support Trump's campaign, highlighting Thiel's potential influence on tech-savvy voters.

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Labor MPs defect on census changes

Labor’s decision to remove gender identity and sexuality information from the next census is proving unpopular even within the party, and Kamala Harris is about to sit down for her first unscripted interview since becoming the Democrat nominee.

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Revealed: top Vance aide worked for far-right consultancy with extremist links

Parker Magid worked for Beck & Stone, which is close to shadowy fraternal order and Claremont Institute

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Palantir’s CEO backs Kamala Harris and says that cofounder Peter Thiel’s support of Trump made it harder to get things done

“I do not enjoy being protested every day,” Alex Karp said.

Fortune

Peter Thiel tells Joe Rogan his next move is either to Nashville or Miami to avoid California taxes

California levies the highest tax in the nation for top earners, prompting the PayPal cofounder to screen for cities in nine jurisdictions where there is zero state tax.

Fortune

Peter Thiel, eccentric billionaire patron of JD Vance, says he is thinking about leaving the US

Thiel compared California liberalism to Saudi Arabian Wahabbism — but it was sort of a compliment

The Independent UK

Keep talking, JD! Vance’s creepy views on ‘females’ are repelling women voters

Does Donald Trump’s running mate think there is any point to ‘postmenopausal females’ beyond free childcare?

The Guardian - US

A Catholic prayer app, housekeeping service and biotech firm: JD Vance’s curious investment portfolio

Filings from 2022 show Vance’s interests in businesses from housekeeping to streaming

The Independent UK

JD Vance’s investments reveal potential contradictions with his political persona

Analysis shows funding for biotech, defense and video platform – and a fascination with The Lord of the Rings

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Mega investors, crypto and tech bros: Why Vance and Harris’s San Francisco ties hold the key to the election

The candidates, ideas, and vibes of this election are deeply tied to the San Francisco Bay Area. What does this tell us about how the election will shake out? Io Dodds and Josh Marcus report from the 2024 election’s unlikely power center

The Guardian - US

JD Vance is the baby of big tech and big oil. He’s no ‘working-class populist’

Trump’s running mate is not a break from ruthless Republican capitalism – just a shameless repackaging of it

The Guardian - US

Venture capitalists including Mark Cuban back Kamala Harris’s campaign

More than 100 Silicon Valley investors, including LinkedIn co-founder Reed Hastings, launch website VCs for Kamala

The Independent UK

First dudes now tech bros: Over 100 Silicon Valley tycoons back Harris’ bid for president

‘They don’t speak for me,’ one venture capitalist said, referring to the groundwell of Silicon Valley support for Trump

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Vance's "incel platform" backfires

Donald Trump's running mate once claimed people without children are "more sociopathic"

Fortune

Melinda Gates says Ackman, Musk, Thiel are “nonphilanthropists”

French Gates helped oversee more than $77 billion in grants since 2000 through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Fortune

JD Vance ‘hates women’, Kara Swisher says: ‘I'm not joking about it. Go pay attention’

The tech journalist’s evaluation of the vice-presidential candidate mirrors a growing chorus of criticism across the political spectrum.

The Guardian - UK

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Silicon Valley is at war with itself over Kamala Harris vs. Trump, fighting in the open and spending millions to win

One investor says they have “lost lots of friends” over their position in this year’s election.

Fortune

A colleague who worked with J.D. Vance at Mithril doesn't remember seeing him in the office

Vance’s VC résumé comprises three firms in six years, and his time at Mithril Capital coincided with the takeoff of his memoir "Hillbilly Elegy."

Fortune

First Trump, now Harris: LinkedIn billionaire Reid Hoffman has successfully angered both Democrats and Republicans

Hoffman is a longtime Democratic donor.

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