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Jonathan Weber

@jsweber.bsky.social
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Writer and editor in SF, previously EIC of the SF Standard, the Bay Citizen & the Industry Standard, founder of NewWest.Net. Author of upcoming book on SF in the internet era (S&S, June 2026). Editor at Large at Newcomer.

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Jonathan Weber @jsweber.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Really looking forward to this Seattle event: www.postalley.org/2026/09/23/l...
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Live Podcast Panel: How Big Tech Remade Seattle and San Francisco
“Two Cities, One Industry: Big Tech, Power, and Politics in Seattle and San Francisco” A co-production of the Blue City Blues and GeekWire podcasts National Nordic Museum Tuesday, Sept. 29 6-7:30 p…
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Jonathan Weber @jsweber.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I'll be appearing at Best Bookstore in SF, Union Square with SF underground arts legend John Law, TONIGHT (Thursday), please join us! www.eventbrite.com/e/burning-ma...
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Burning Man, Billionaires & Bubbles: The War for Modern San Francisco
City on the Edge: Technology, Politics, and the Fight for the Soul of San Francisco w/ author Jonathan Weber & Burning Man founder John Law
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Jonathan Weber @jsweber.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I'll be talking 'City on the Edge', AI and politics with author & podcaster Andrew Keen at Manny's on Wednesday Sept. 16, then with underground artist and Burning Man co-founder John Law at Best Bookstore on Thursday Sept 17. Please join us!
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Katie 📚 @ktpersists.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
city on the edge from @jsweber.bsky.social also looks good and if you are sensing a theme let's just say that there's a reason the sf library has ordered 100+ copies sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S9...
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City on the Edge — San Francisco Public Library
City on the Edge — Weber, Jonathan (Newspaper editor), — "At the dawn of the 1990s, San Francisco was a beautiful if troubled mid-sized metropolis. The mythic, fog-shrouded city at the edge of the con...
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Jonathan Weber @jsweber.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I wrote about Burning Man & SF in my new book, a nice preview on my Substack today. cityontheedge.substack.com/p/burning-ma...
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Burning Man is the Great Cultural Innovation of San Francisco's Internet Era. Can it Thrive in the Age of AI?
The unlikely desert happening has overcome countless obstacles & endured the tensions brought by big money & explosive growth. 'City on the Edge' has the scoop on a pivotal lawsuit & more.
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Jonathan Weber @jsweber.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Really appreciate the great review of 'City on the Edge' in the @financialtimes.com, by Richard Waters. www.ft.com/content/e9a5...
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City on the Edge — can San Francisco’s soul survive techno-capitalism?
Jonathan Weber takes a fascinating look at how political mismanagement and the pursuit of boundless tech power have changed America’s countercultural heartland
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Jonathan Weber @jsweber.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Thanks Nancy! It was great to meet you.
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DCPolicyGeek 🇺🇸💛🚫👑 @dcpolicygeek.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
@jsweber.bsky.social also weighs in re: Gavin Newsome and Kamala Harris as potential 2028 candidates for POTUS. @gilduran.com ICYMI
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I Know Why the Tech Broligarchs Went Full MAGA | The Daily Beast Podcast
YouTube video by The Daily Beast
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Jonathan Weber @jsweber.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Looking forward to my talk at Green Apple Wednesday. And appreciate the very nice review!
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Jonathan Weber @jsweber.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
I wrote a little thing about Manny's cafe on my Substack. I'll be there tomorrow, June 30, giving a talk entitled Innovation, Identity & the Fight for the Soul of SF. Also catch me at Green Apple Books (on 9th Ave.) on July 1 with Quentin Hardy and July 7 at Bookshop West Portal with Joe Menn.
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Jack El-Hai @jackelhai.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
"#SanFrancisco’s meteoric transformation." Today's #history book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @jsweber.bsky.social & @atriabooks.bsky.social! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe
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KQED Forum @kqedforum.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
🎙️ON AIR: We're talking to longtime tech journalist @jsweber.bsky.social about his new book, "City on Edge," which offers a sweeping history of San Francisco's tech industry — its unprecedented successes and its devasting consequences. ❓What do you want to ask Jonathan Weber? 📻Listen:
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Jonathan Weber’s 'City on the Edge' Chronicles Decades-Long Battles Over Tech, Politics and the Soul of San Francisco | KQED
Weber tells the story of a war waged for the heart of San Francisco that has had an impact far beyond the city’s famed Golden Gates.
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R.U. Sirius @rusirius.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
SF party "City On The Edge" a book about changes in SF, good bad & in between. I'm in it. Worth a read, by @jsweber.bsky.social ... met movers shakers shapers shifters spoke to @craignewmark.bsky.social first time in a while Had to split early to meet with Guillermo (see post somewhere below)
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Jonathan Weber @jsweber.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
A 'City on the Edge' excerpt in Bloomberg Opinion: as San Francisco recovers from its covid-era meltdown, it has a different shape: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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San Francisco Is Making an AI-Powered Comeback
This article is adapted from the forthcoming book “City on the Edge: Technology, Politics and the Fight for the Soul of San Francisco.”
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The Frisc @thefrisc.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
SF's economy is under pressure from every direction — AI, empty offices, Trump cuts, union fights. Let's talk about it TONIGHT at 7:45pm with @jsweber.bsky.social and @spur-urbanist.bsky.social's Sujata Srivastava at Manny's. There's still a few tickets left: www.eventbrite.com/e/is-your-jo...
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Jonathan Weber @jsweber.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
I'll be speaking on the issue this week as part of the upcoming launch of my new book, City on the Edge cityontheedge.substack.com/p/is-san-fra...
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Is San Francisco Facing a Job-pocalypse?
'City on the Edge,' which publishes on June 9, offers hard-won insights on the city's boom and bust economy. I'll be talking about San Francisco's employment outlook at Manny's on May 14.
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Jonathan Weber @jsweber.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
There are some books for me
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The Frisc @thefrisc.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Joining us: - @rudyforworkers.bsky.social, SF Building & Construction Trades Council secretary-treasurer - Sujata Srivastava, @spur-urbanist.bsky.social chief policy officer - @jsweber.bsky.social, journalist and author of "City on the Edge" And YOU! www.eventbrite.com/e/from-union...
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From Union to AI: The Future of SF Jobs
What will work look like in SF’s near future? Join The Frisc for a frank discussion about our city’s job prospects and economic revival.
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Jonathan Weber @jsweber.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
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In San Francisco, Artificial Intelligence Brings a Different Kind of Boom
Beginning in the early 1990s, the rise of the internet reshaped the city. Now it’s changing again. (Also, please pre-order 'City on the Edge'!)
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Jonathan Weber @jsweber.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
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Jonathan Weber @jsweber.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
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Jonathan Weber @jsweber.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Looking forward to joining my old friend Alex for this.
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Jonathan Weber @jsweber.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Another nice advance review for 'City on the Edge': "A stimulating account of the interplay between the worlds of technology and politics in San Francisco over the last 35 years.” —Shelf Awareness #cityontheedge cityontheedgebook.com
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City on the Edge by Jonathan Weber
The definitive and captivating story of San Francisco’s meteoric transformation into a global capital of technology, and how the same creative and political forces that gave rise to its boom nearly en...
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Jonathan Weber @jsweber.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
"City on the Edge," my new book about SF in the tech era, is publishing June 9! Events are happening at Shack15, Commonwealth Club, Books Inc. in Palo Alto & more in the following days. cityontheedgebook.com for more details.
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Jonathan Weber @jsweber.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Doing my best impression here of the incomparable @matt-levine.bsky.social "...multi-billion-dollar data centers are in some sense a three-way trade involving the cost of the chips, the price they can be rented for, and the structure and cost of the financing." www.newcomer.co/p/ai-data-ce...
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AI Data Center Mania Conjures the B-Word. Is It Something to Fear?
Plus, the AI names going to Meta & Musk's new X
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Jonathan Weber @jsweber.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Good piece on an under-appreciated issue. My old news site, newwest.net, is gone along with its archives. I have a copy of the whole website (circa 2009 )on a thumbdrive but...anyone know how to extract an article database from thousands of nested folders 🙃 www.theverge.com/24321569/int...
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New West
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