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This week we explore the weird world of Mark Zuckerberg and billionaire bunkers.

FURTHER READING:

Meta, Zuckerberg, and AI

Meta Q2 earnings beat forecasts, pushes toward AI “personal superintelligence” deadline.com/2025/07/meta-q2-earnings-beat-forecasts-ai-personal-superintelligence-1236474506/

Inside Meta’s plans for a new AI lab focused on superintelligence nytimes.com/2025/06/10/technology/meta-new-ai-lab-superintelligence.html

Meta’s growing dominance in AI bbc.com/news/technology-64075067

Zuckerberg responds to Cambridge Analytica scandal theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/21/mark-zuckerberg-response-facebook-cambridge-analytica

How Facebook contributed to genocide in Myanmar systemicjustice.org/article/facebook-and-genocide-how-facebook-contributed-to-genocide-in-myanmar-and-why-it-will-not-be-held-accountable/

Zuckerberg grilled in Congress on Facebook’s origins washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/04/11/channeling-the-social-network-lawmaker-grills-zuckerberg-on-his-notorious-beginnings/

Zuckerberg’s Hawaii Estate and Land Development

Mark Zuckerberg’s Hawaii compound includes burial grounds and escape hatch wired.com/story/mark-zuckerberg-secretive-hawaii-compound-burial-ground/

What we know about Zuckerberg’s Hawaii estate wired.com/story/mark-zuckerberg-inside-hawaii-compound/

Zuckerberg’s land deals in Hawaii raise questions ft.com/content/851e7707-1ca3-4fa9-9719-05b66ad5c5cc

Hawaii Governor’s housing and development strategy governor.hawaii.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Housing-2.pdf

East Solano and YIMBY

California Forever’s East Solano city plan faces delay nytimes.com/2024/07/22/business/economy/california-forever-solano-county-city-on-hold.html

YIMBY group’s support for the East Solano Plan cayimby.org/news-events/statement-in-support-of-the-east-solano-plan/

Tech and Trump

Big Tech to work with Trump administration on digital health ecosystem techcrunch.com/2025/07/30/big-tech-to-work-with-trump-administration-to-build-digital-health-ecosystem/

Trump, RFK Jr., and tech companies’ digital health ambitions apnews.com/article/trump-ai-rfk-jr-health-tech-fa73703bd1fd557c787ef0b590e151f1

Migrant surveillance expands under new Trump plan theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/27/migrant-surveillance-trump

Palantir and Trump plan to centralize Americans’ data nytimes.com/2025/05/30/technology/trump-palantir-data-americans.html

Trump administration shared IRS data with ICE propublica.org/article/trump-irs-share-tax-records-ice-dhs-deportations

Gaza and Media Accountability

Claims of no starvation in Gaza disputed by data and witnesses pbs.org/newshour/world/israels-leader-claims-no-one-in-gaza-is-starving-data-and-witnesses-disagree

New York Times coverage of Gaza starvation nytimes.com/2025/07/24/world/middleeast/gaza-starvation.html

NYT public relations statement on Gaza coverage x.com/NYTimesPR/status/1950311365756817690

NYT walks back Gaza baby starvation story after pushback truthout.org/articles/nyt-walks-back-story-on-gaza-baby-starved-by-israel-after-zionist-pushback/

Climate

Who is hastening the apocalypse and why bbc.com/future/article/20211014-agents-of-doom-who-is-hastening-the-apocalypse-and-why

Limiting global warming to 1.5°C could save billions from extreme heat news.exeter.ac.uk/research/limiting-global-warming-to-1-5c-would-save-billions-from-dangerously-hot-climate/