Jacob Silverman
@jacobsilverman.com
Reporter at ICIJ.org and author. GILDED RAGE: ELON MUSK AND THE RADICALIZATION OF SILICON VALLEY is out in paperback Sept. 2026. Signal: jacobsilverman.99 www.jacobsilverman.com https://linktr.ee/gildedrage
A 39-year-old El Salvadoran man, who was being held at Delaney Hall, has died, the man's family says. He's the father of a 12-year-old US citizen daughter and has lived in the country for nearly 20 years. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/08/03/s...
El Salvadoran Man Held by ICE at Delaney Hall Dies, Family Says
The detainee had an extensive medical history, including epilepsy, according to a lawsuit. He had complained about his face and hand going numb just before his death, his mother said.
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You can keep trying but I'm not intimidated and we both know where the blowback will eventually land.
Jacob Silverman@jacobsilverman.com · 2w agoJournalists shouldn't try to suppress the work of other journalists.
Asking some dude in his late 30s if he wants to uproot his entire family and work an extra month
Old Captain America: No I Don't Think I Will!
Alt: Old Captain America: No I Don't Think I Will!
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Roger Cormier@themetsnewsletter.com · 2d agoThe Rangers approached Jacob deGrom about waiving his no-trade clause, but he told the team he wanted to remain with the club, per Ken Rosenthal and Will Sammon
My book GILDED RAGE: ELON MUSK AND THE RADICALIZATION OF SILICON VALLEY is coming out in paperback next month, just in time for Musk to try to buy the midterms. Still some cheap hardcovers at online retailers. gildedrage.com
Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley
AVAILABLE NOW
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"We found that at least 150 institutions of higher ed... are using Flock’s surveillance network.. many campus police departments have facilitated immigration related investigations, even when they are located in sanctuary states and are legally prohibited from doing so" by @torinmonahan.bsky.social
Flock on campus: university police as appendages of a national policing apparatus
Dangerous new forms of networked surveillance are gaining traction with police departments across the United States. One popular example is Flock Safety’s Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR)...
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this is not true. there was no conspiracy. it didn't matter whether the streetcars were publicly owned (seattle, detroit) or private (los angeles, atlanta). a thread (because i wrote a whole-ass book on this): 1/?
David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 3d agoIs everyone aware of the General Motors streetcar conspiracy? In the mid-20th century, auto and oil interests bought up electric streetcar systems across the US and systematically replaced them with bus routes and paved roads, funneling commuters toward private cars.
My book GILDED RAGE: ELON MUSK AND THE RADICALIZATION OF SILICON VALLEY is coming out in paperback next month, just in time for Musk to try to buy the midterms. Still some cheap hardcovers at online retailers. gildedrage.com
Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley
AVAILABLE NOW
gildedrage.com
wally @wizardwally.bsky.social I knew all of this was familiar and it’s literally because I just read Gilded Rage a few months back. None of these guys can be trusted
ryan cooper@ryanlcooper.com · 5d agoI was real skeptical of this idea at first but the guy largely brought me around www.volts.wtf/p/is-the-bra...
I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
While reading Gilded Rage by charming @jacobsilverman.com I do find myself occasionally getting confused by all the names so I draw them in the margins to assist my memory
Annie West@anniewestdotcom.bsky.social · 5d agoNot only did I buy this terrific book by @jacobsilverman.com from those winsome lovelies at @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social but unlike @patrickcollison.bsky.social I'm going to read it
New: We found 50 cops who misused Flock cameras and other license-plate readers for personal purposes, often to spy on their girlfriends or ex-wives. He "watched every single move I made. ... Who do you turn the chief of police in to?" wapo.st/3S6rTuo
She left her ex. He secretly tracked her through a network of policing cameras.
Flock’s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing it and other systems.
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Capital One Financial fights back over litigation tied "decision to close the Trump Organization's bank accounts years ago, stating that it did so after a review by anti-money laundering experts...Marks the first time a bank has formally tied money laundering concerns" to Trump family. Via Reuters
Capital One says it closed Trump Organization's accounts after anti-money laundering probe
The disclosure marks the first time a bank has formally tied money laundering concerns to Trump's family business.
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It's very weird that a spokesman for the NYT used to be head of public affairs for the NSA. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/u...
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BREAKING! Infantino says the FIFA Forward plan, which would have been the private equity takeover of the World Cup, will not go forward after UEFA, CONCACAF and others opposed it.
NEW: A PR firm used at least 15 fake personas — equipped with fake emails, fake websites, and in some cases, fake AI-generated faces — to send me dozens of pitch emails about its (very real) clients. Those clients told me they had no idea this was happening. futurism.com/artificial-i...
We Are Alarmed by This PR Firm Using a Small Army of Fake AI-Powered Publicists to Barrage Journalists With Pitches for Its Clients
A PR firm called Movchan Agency operated a roster of fake PR representatives, some with AI faces, to pitch journalists on stories. Why?
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I don't think that advanced AI models are now going rogue or breaking containment. I think the people behind the models have been doing that for a long time.
parallel financial system www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Illicit Iranian gambling network helped pull off a $4 billion sanctions dodge
One of the world’s largest illegal gambling networks sends millions of dollars worth of crypto through an office in Dubai, part of a $4 billion Iranian sanctions evasion operation.
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Another death in ICE custody: Prisciliano Trejo Ricano. He said this before he died:
INDY Week@indyweek.bsky.social · 6d agoPrisciliano Trejo Ricano began feeling ill while detained at a Georgia detention center, where he had been for three weeks. He reported that he had not received medical attention after experiencing severe symptoms. He died on Wednesday, July 22.
"Aschenbrenner, who had no previous trading experience before starting the fund, worked for the FTX Future Fund, the philanthropic arm of Sam Bankman-Fried’s empire before it collapsed in late 2022. He later joined OpenAI’s “Superalignment” team before being fired" www.ft.com/content/5fb4...
Citadel buys Situational Awareness equity holdings after steep AI losses
Deal comes after Leopold Aschenbrenner’s investment firm held overnight crunch talks with investors
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SpaceX-owned xAI, the developer of Grok, sued Minnesota AG to challenge a law coming into effect in the state that will ban "nudify" apps, use of these AI image generators to make non-consenting intimate images, aka AI deepfake porn of real people including minors. www.cnbc.com/2026/07/28/s...
Elon Musk's xAI sues Minnesota over law to ban 'nudify' apps
Elon Musk's xAI, now owned by SpaceX, is challenging a law that would ban so-called nudify apps in Minnesota
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