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Along with the tech-centric WhatsApp groups Krishnan had organized out of a16z,
Andreessen joined a slew of others,
including ones that Torenberg set up for tech founders and for more political discussions.
The tech chats tended to be on WhatsApp and the political ones on Signal, which is more fully encrypted,
and they had different settings.
(“Every group chat ends up being about memes and humor and the goal of the group chat is to get as close to the line of being actually objectionable without tripping it,” Andreessen told Fridman.
“People will set to 5 minutes before they send something particularly inflammatory.“)
After a group of liberal intellectuals published a letter in Harper’s on July 7, 2020, some of its signers were invited to join a Signal group called “Everything Is Fine.”
There, writers including #Kmele #Foster, who co-hosts the podcast
"The Fifth Column", Persuasion founder #Yascha #Mounk, and the Harper’s letter contributor Williams joined Andreessen and a group that also included the anti-woke conservative activist #Chris #Rufo.
The new participants were charmed by Andreessen’s engagement:
“He was the most available, the most present, the most texting of anybody in the group
— which shocked me because it seemed like he was the most important person in the group,” one said.
But the center didn’t hold.
The liberal Harper’s types were surprised to find what one described an
“illiberal worldview” among tech figures more concerned with power than speech.
The conservatives found the liberal intellectuals tiresome, committed to what Rufo described to me as “infinite discourse” over action.
The breaking point came on July 5, 2021, when Foster and Williams,
along with the never-Trump conservative #David #French and the liberal academic #Jason #Stanley,
wrote a New York Times op-ed criticizing new laws against teaching “critical race theory.”
“Even if this censorship is legal in the narrow context of public primary and secondary education,
it is antithetical to educating students in the culture of American free expression,”
they wrote.
The conservatives had thought the Harper’s letter writers were their allies in an all-out ideological battle,
and considered their position a betrayal.
Andreessen “went really ballistic in a quite personal way at Thomas,”
a participant recalled.
The group ended after Andreessen “wrote something along the lines of
‘thank you everybody, I think it’s time to take a Signal break,’” another said.
The meltdown of this liberal-tech alliance was, to #Rufo, a healthy development.
“A lot of these technologists hoped that the centrist path was a viable one, because it would permit them in theory to change the culture without having to expose themselves to the risk of becoming partisans,”
he said.
“By 2021, the smartest people in tech understood that these people were a dead end
— so the group chats exploded and reformulated on more explicitly political lines.”
Rufo had been there all along:
“I looked at these chats as a good investment of my time to radicalize tech elites who I thought were the most likely and high-impact new coalition partners for the right.”
#MarcAndreessen #LexFridman
#ChrisRufo
#VivekRamaswamy #ErikTorenberg #Krishnan
#NoahSmith
https://www.semafor.com/article/04/27/2025/the-group-chats-that-changed-america
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Do you live in CA, NV, AZ or anywhere nearby?? This situation has ESCALATED!!! We HAVE to get these bunnies to a temporary foster (1-3 months) for quarantine BY APRIL 30 otherwise their other option is to be put out on the streets!!!!
PLEASE LIKE, COMMENT, SHARE for visibility!!!
Khloe’s mom is in an emergency situation and cannot keep Khloe in her care, despite very much wanting to be a part of her life. Our rescue is sponsoring Khloe’s temporary stay elsewhere until her mom can get back on her feet.
If you cannot help, PLEASE LIKE, COMMENT, AND SHARE!! Visibility ensures this post is seen!!
What I'll miss when I kick IG finally off my phone will be all the pictures and vids from #cat #foster homes. There's basically only one account posting regular #FosterKitten photos on Mastodon and Pixelfed 
Thumper is now with his new foster!! We are so happy and grateful for everyone who has been involved in rescuing him. Because of everyone involved, he is a happy and healthy bunny that was rescued off the streets.
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Please help my friend if you can
This is a wonderful talented artist, Jen Bandini. She has been in and out of hospital with existing and new symptoms.
Consequently her landlord served her an eviction notice, and her beautiful dog Pippa was put into foster care.
She is hoping to return to North Carolina to be with friends and family and then hopefully reunited with Pippa.
Any help is greatly appreciated: https://www.freefunder.com/campaign/jen-needs-help
(or please share if you can).
https://www.alojapan.com/1249033/foster-partners-inauguates-saudi-pavilions-model-village-at-expo-2025-osaka/ Foster + Partners Inauguates Saudi Pavilion’s Model Village at Expo 2025 Osaka #architecture #courtyard #Expo2025Osaka #Foster+Partners #Japan #news #Osaka #OsakaNews #Pavilion #SaudiArabia #village #大阪 #大阪府 KSA Pavilion, Expo 2025 Osaka – The pavilion’s massing recalls the organic shapes of traditional Saudi villages. Image © Nigel Young / Foster + Partners Share Share Facebook Twitter Mail Pinterest Whatsapp Or https://www.archdaily.com/100…
More foster parents needed in the Edmonton area: ‘Some of these kids have nobody’
McMan Foster Care is looking for more foster parents to take on 75 kids in care but said the need is great across all of Alberta, in order for children to stay closer to home.
#foster #parents #children #care #Edmonton #Alberta
https://globalnews.ca/news/11127835/alberta-foster-parents-needed/
More foster parents needed in the Edmonton area: ‘Some of these kids have nobody’
McMan Foster Care is looking for more foster parents to take on 75 kids in care but said the need is great across all of Alberta, in order for children to stay closer to home.
#foster #parents #children #care #Edmonton #Alberta
https://globalnews.ca/news/11127835/alberta-foster-parents-needed/
Happy #Caturday to all #CatsOfMastodon and #FediCats everywhere!
This is Freya. She's been here longer than I have. She's guarding a box of books on the seat of the recliner that are going to our indie bookstore at some point.
She spends a lot of time in the front window, and delivery folks regularly compliment her.
She littered in my partner's workshop in the garage, and, after all the kittens found forever homes, she just stuck around.
We #foster, and refrain from naming fosters, as naming incurs an obligation.
#LadyMastermind #Rhino
These littles shared a bed last night. I don't know why. There's plenty of beds.
#Cyclops
A HUGE BIG THANK YOU to Clysta and Karen for watching my most senior pups. At home they get special attention and I'm grateful they got that same love while I was gone. It meant so much.
As for the babies: just as demanding and loving as their mom, they all come running up for pets and kisses, and are round little floofballs that love any and all snacks that are offered to them. We’ve separated the boys from the mom & girls, as they’re old enough now that it’s time!
Stay tuned for another post coming soon with individual pictures of each of them, with their names 
"This cat was a super mom. Not only did she nurse her own kittens, but she also took in others who were not hers by birth. In total, she has taken care of 19 kittens, only four of whom were her biological offsprings”
