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Jacob Silverman @jacobsilverman.com · 7d

It's pub day for my book, "Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley," which chronicles the rise of the tech right and their role in the 2024 election. Thanks to everyone who helped along the way.
linktr.ee/gildedrage

Gilded Rage | Linktree

A searing look at the rise of Silicon Valley's far right. Out October 2025.

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Jacob Silverman @jacobsilverman.com · 10h

Thank you!

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What’s the Hold Up Pod Dan @jacketdan.bsky.social · 1d

He did it again for the 5 year anniversary

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Sean O’Kane @seanokane.bsky.social · 16h

SCOOP: SpaceX's company town Starbase has started up its own volunteer fire department.

It's the latest way SpaceX and Starbase are exerting control over the corner of Texas they occupy.

Also, Starbase has hired its own fire marshal service for inspections/permits.

techcrunch.com/2025/10/14/a...

At Starbase, SpaceX is taking firefighting into its own hands | TechCrunch

SpaceX's company town has formed a volunteer fire department, extending control over both the emergency response and permitting process as the company looks to expand Starbase.

techcrunch.com

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Jacob Silverman @jacobsilverman.com · 18h

Thank you, Silverman!

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Jacob Silverman @jacobsilverman.com · 19h

Much appreciated

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Jacob Silverman @jacobsilverman.com · 20h

Thank you! Learned a lot from your work.

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 20h

Huge congrats. So excited about this book. Get a copy!

Jacob Silverman @jacobsilverman.com · 7d

It's pub day for my book, "Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley," which chronicles the rise of the tech right and their role in the 2024 election. Thanks to everyone who helped along the way.
linktr.ee/gildedrage

Gilded Rage | Linktree

A searing look at the rise of Silicon Valley's far right. Out October 2025.

linktr.ee

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

maybe this will help some realize that you don’t need access to cover the government effectively. in fact, it’s actually better.

Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 1d

The Pentagon is telling beat reporters to sign restrictive new rules by Tuesday or surrender their press passes by Wednesday. Many news organizations are rejecting the ultimatum and saying they will not sign. Here's my latest >>> www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/m...

Media outlets, including MAGA channel Newsmax, refuse to sign Pentagon’s press access rules | CNN Business

The Pentagon is telling beat reporters to sign restrictive new rules by Tuesday or surrender their press passes by Wednesday. Many news organizations are rejecting the ultimatum and saying they will n...

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Jacob Silverman @jacobsilverman.com · 1d

Thank you!

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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 2d

Q&A with journalist Jacob Silverman on his new book Gilded Rage, the radical politics of certain tech elites, AI's impact on Silicon Valley politics, and more (Calder McHugh/Politico)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 1d

Me and RJD agree

Ronnie James Dio and Anil Dash, at the album release party for Magica in 2000

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Jacob Silverman @jacobsilverman.com · 1d

Wow!! That's fantastic

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Sarah Birnbaum ❌👑 @sarahvb.bsky.social · 1d

Dio Singing In The Pick Of Destiny

YouTube video by Effe Collects

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 1d

Great review of @jacobsilverman.com's extremely enjoyable (and enraging) new book

Jacob Rosenberg @jacobrosenberg.bsky.social · 4d

"tech leaders enjoyed a decade’s worth of free money, used it to build up unprecedented wealth, and, when suddenly presented with a bill in the form of a cryptocurrency crash and a potential tech slowdown, allied with Republicans to keep the good times rolling." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

What Really Drove Silicon Valley’s Shift to the Right

In Gilded Rage, journalist Jacob Silverman argues that a decade of free cash turned tech’s utopians into power brokers and made Trump their unlikely ally.

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Jacob Silverman @jacobsilverman.com · 1d

The only answer is Ronnie James Dio

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 2d

name an italian more worthy of an american holiday than columbus

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Jacob Silverman @jacobsilverman.com · 2d

Sorry I don't believe in Web3. My last book was mostly about fraud in crypto.

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Jacob Silverman @jacobsilverman.com · 3d

Ideal review.

Isaac @gunshowloophole.bsky.social · 3d

I started reading @jacobsilverman.com's Gilded Rage, it's good but I keep getting so mad that I have to put it down and pace around a bit.

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Jacob Silverman @jacobsilverman.com · 3d

Love that. I am always glad to hear about the book appearing in some far-flung place (well far from the heart of empire where I live)

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Jacob Silverman @jacobsilverman.com · 3d

I'm in San Francisco. Come hear me talk tomorrow with AI researcher, tech critic, and author Alex Hanna.
www.eventbrite.com/e/gilded-rag...

Gilded Rage: Elon Musk & the Radicalization of Silicon Valley

Veteran financial reporter Jacob Silverman joins Alex Hanna to discuss the tech world's reactionary turn.

www.eventbrite.com

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 3d

Tomorrow in San Francisco: @jacobsilverman.com and @alexhanna.bsky.social at Litquake.

7 p.m. See you there?

litquake2025.sched.com/event/28YrM/...

Litquake 2025: Gilded Rage—Elon Musk and the Radicaliza...

View more about this event at Litquake 2025

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 3d

"Sceptics are privately - and some now publicly - asking whether the rapid rise in the value of AI tech companies may be, at least in part, the result of what they call 'financial engineering'. In other words - there are fears these companies are overvalued."

A tangled web of deals stokes AI bubble fears in Silicon Valley

Some are worried that the rapid rise in the value of AI tech companies may be a bubble waiting to burst.

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Neil Turkewitz @neilturkewitz.bsky.social · 3d

See:

@jacobsilverman.com
focuses on a cohort of men—& they are, to be sure, all men—who have receded so far into their own bubbles, surrounding themselves with ever more yes-men & hangers-on, that they have lost all sense of proportion & become disconnected from reality.”
#GildedRage

Why Our Tech Overlords Took a Hard Right Turn

A new book tells the story of how Elon Musk and other Silicon Valley entrepreneurs became angry admirers of authoritarianism.

www.thebulwark.com

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Jacob Silverman @jacobsilverman.com · 3d

Much obliged

Jacob Silverman @jacobsilverman.com · 3d

Much appreciated

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