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Charting the rise of tech fascism

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By Brian Merchant
| Blood in the Machine
Going back decades, there’s been a faction in Silicon Valley whose chief interest was not coding, consumer technology or even business, but power. In some ways, the story of the last ten years of the tech industry has been the story of that faction, perhaps best embodied by Peter Thiel and Elon Musk, but also represented by figures like Marc Andreessen and figures like Alex Karp, Palmer Luckey, and David Sacks, winning the power they sought. The consequences of that victory have been disastrous.
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Book Reviews from the Ruth Enlow Library

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By Lawrence Burney Verified, Jim Wallace Verified, Brian Merchant
| Garrett County Republican Verified
No Sense in Wishing: Essays on Black Music, Belonging and Baltimore By Lawrence Burney Published by Atria Reviewed by Thomas Vose Selected by Maryland Humanities, this book is 2026’s “One Maryland, One Book” title. It is an eminently readable series of essays on a variety of topics by a music and cultural critic, whose love for his hometown of Baltimore shines through.
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The State of the AI Bubble with Ed Zitron

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By Brian Merchant
| Blood in the Machine
There are fresh signs that the AI bubble is wobbling. Again. In recent weeks, a much-vaunted AI-focused hedge fund, Situational Awareness, run by Valley wunderkind Leopold Aschenbrenner lost $35 billion; nearly its entire fund. South Korea saw its largest-ever stock market collapse as investors pulled bets on AI chips and tech stocks.
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