Paris Marx
@parismarx.com
i criticize the tech industry
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Paris Marx
@parismarx.com
· Jul 18
Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
www.disconnect.blog
Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
if western leaders want their publics not to warm to the chinese model, they need to actually deliver not just say “china bad”
January 23, 2026 at 5:37 AM
if western leaders want their publics not to warm to the chinese model, they need to actually deliver not just say “china bad”
canadians are so gutted we’re no longer invited to the board of war criminals.
canada can find better friends than the people trump’s assembled for his sham effort at a reputation boost.
canada can find better friends than the people trump’s assembled for his sham effort at a reputation boost.
Trump says he's withdrawing invitation for Carney to join his Gaza 'Board of Peace' | CBC News
U.S. President Donald said in a social media post late Thursday that he is withdrawing an invitation for Prime Minister Mark Carney to join his "Board of Peace" initiative for Gaza.
www.cbc.ca
January 23, 2026 at 3:34 AM
canadians are so gutted we’re no longer invited to the board of war criminals.
canada can find better friends than the people trump’s assembled for his sham effort at a reputation boost.
canada can find better friends than the people trump’s assembled for his sham effort at a reputation boost.
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I’ve long been fascinated by @papapishu.bsky.social’s writing and posts about computer hardware and consumer goods, so I figured it was about time he came on the podcast to dig into it all. It’s a really fun conversation!
For too long, we’ve focused on tech platforms and software but not nearly enough on hardware. Is it time to change that?
This week @papapishu.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com for a wide-ranging chat about CES, AI driving up hardware prices, and more!
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/312_...
This week @papapishu.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com for a wide-ranging chat about CES, AI driving up hardware prices, and more!
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/312_...
January 22, 2026 at 6:10 PM
I’ve long been fascinated by @papapishu.bsky.social’s writing and posts about computer hardware and consumer goods, so I figured it was about time he came on the podcast to dig into it all. It’s a really fun conversation!
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I honestly don't know how our politicians, journalists and businesses still justify being on X. disconnect.blog/elon-musks-x... from @parismarx.com
Elon Musk’s X must be banned
Regulators need to stop cowering before the richest man in the world
disconnect.blog
January 22, 2026 at 10:57 PM
I honestly don't know how our politicians, journalists and businesses still justify being on X. disconnect.blog/elon-musks-x... from @parismarx.com
coming to ps5 😎
January 22, 2026 at 8:36 PM
coming to ps5 😎
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Film studios were prohibited from owning theater chains. TV networks were prohibited from owning production companies. There used to be restrictions on single party ownership of different broadcast stations.
We keep rediscovering why those regulations existed.
We keep rediscovering why those regulations existed.
i honestly think there’s a strong argument to be made that there shouldn’t be global streaming services.
services should be controlled nationally and studios shouldn’t be allowed to run their own. they should have to license content to companies that only (or mostly) do streaming.
services should be controlled nationally and studios shouldn’t be allowed to run their own. they should have to license content to companies that only (or mostly) do streaming.
January 22, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Film studios were prohibited from owning theater chains. TV networks were prohibited from owning production companies. There used to be restrictions on single party ownership of different broadcast stations.
We keep rediscovering why those regulations existed.
We keep rediscovering why those regulations existed.
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Not heartening to see the unions in the trades ally with network-state fascists trying to build a city in Solano County.
www.sfexaminer.com/news/urban-d...
www.sfexaminer.com/news/urban-d...
Labor unions join new Bay Area city
California Forever firm taps union labor for conversion of 110 square miles of rural land.
www.sfexaminer.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Not heartening to see the unions in the trades ally with network-state fascists trying to build a city in Solano County.
www.sfexaminer.com/news/urban-d...
www.sfexaminer.com/news/urban-d...
zohran should run on bidet toilet seats for all new yorkers
January 22, 2026 at 7:36 PM
zohran should run on bidet toilet seats for all new yorkers
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Every data centre is a U.S. military base. By @parismarx.com from the latest edition of the Monitor: @policyalternatives.ca www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Every data centre is a U.S. military base - CCPA
Understanding how the United States uses its tech companies to serve empire
www.policyalternatives.ca
January 22, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Every data centre is a U.S. military base. By @parismarx.com from the latest edition of the Monitor: @policyalternatives.ca www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
I’ve long been fascinated by @papapishu.bsky.social’s writing and posts about computer hardware and consumer goods, so I figured it was about time he came on the podcast to dig into it all. It’s a really fun conversation!
For too long, we’ve focused on tech platforms and software but not nearly enough on hardware. Is it time to change that?
This week @papapishu.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com for a wide-ranging chat about CES, AI driving up hardware prices, and more!
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/312_...
This week @papapishu.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com for a wide-ranging chat about CES, AI driving up hardware prices, and more!
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/312_...
January 22, 2026 at 6:10 PM
I’ve long been fascinated by @papapishu.bsky.social’s writing and posts about computer hardware and consumer goods, so I figured it was about time he came on the podcast to dig into it all. It’s a really fun conversation!
i honestly think there’s a strong argument to be made that there shouldn’t be global streaming services.
services should be controlled nationally and studios shouldn’t be allowed to run their own. they should have to license content to companies that only (or mostly) do streaming.
services should be controlled nationally and studios shouldn’t be allowed to run their own. they should have to license content to companies that only (or mostly) do streaming.
January 22, 2026 at 5:22 PM
i honestly think there’s a strong argument to be made that there shouldn’t be global streaming services.
services should be controlled nationally and studios shouldn’t be allowed to run their own. they should have to license content to companies that only (or mostly) do streaming.
services should be controlled nationally and studios shouldn’t be allowed to run their own. they should have to license content to companies that only (or mostly) do streaming.
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its a long article but has a lot of worth while suggestions.
Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
www.disconnect.blog
January 22, 2026 at 8:11 AM
its a long article but has a lot of worth while suggestions.
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This is an open and shut case for every other country to ban the app and severely hobble the administration's messaging but aside from Mark Carney giving an Obama ass speech the rest of the world are full of shit until proven otherwise.
We set out to determine how many images of women and girls Grok created during its nudifying spree. What we found was “industrial-scale abuse,” experts said. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
Musk’s Chatbot Flooded X With Millions of Sexualized Images in Days, New Estimates Show
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 4:36 PM
This is an open and shut case for every other country to ban the app and severely hobble the administration's messaging but aside from Mark Carney giving an Obama ass speech the rest of the world are full of shit until proven otherwise.
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If you’re feeling trapped within the Big Tech apps you rely on, Canadian tech critic @parismarx.com shares his list of global alternatives and his progress in trying to divest.
“It’s not an easy task to reject services that have become so ubiquitous and are made to be easy to use.”
“It’s not an easy task to reject services that have become so ubiquitous and are made to be easy to use.”
We need to reassess our relationship to digital tech
Getting off US tech led me to a wider questioning of digital convenience
disconnect.blog
January 22, 2026 at 4:29 PM
If you’re feeling trapped within the Big Tech apps you rely on, Canadian tech critic @parismarx.com shares his list of global alternatives and his progress in trying to divest.
“It’s not an easy task to reject services that have become so ubiquitous and are made to be easy to use.”
“It’s not an easy task to reject services that have become so ubiquitous and are made to be easy to use.”
It’s incredible and infuriating how little accountability Musk and X/xAI have faced for this.
We set out to determine how many images of women and girls Grok created during its nudifying spree. What we found was “industrial-scale abuse,” experts said. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
Musk’s Chatbot Flooded X With Millions of Sexualized Images in Days, New Estimates Show
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 4:30 PM
It’s incredible and infuriating how little accountability Musk and X/xAI have faced for this.
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It's kinda amazing the depth and breadth of the positive reaction to the Carney Davos speech. I get it - Canadians like when int'l people laud us. But Carney said similar things during the election campaign and we've seen how he's governed since. I'm almost stupefied by how naive everyone is being.
January 22, 2026 at 12:23 AM
It's kinda amazing the depth and breadth of the positive reaction to the Carney Davos speech. I get it - Canadians like when int'l people laud us. But Carney said similar things during the election campaign and we've seen how he's governed since. I'm almost stupefied by how naive everyone is being.
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NEW: I tracked all Chinese lithium battery factories announced or built in the past decade 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 China's borders. The truth is, companies like CATL & BYD are so technologically advanced that there's little international competition. European and Asian countries are welcoming them with open arms.
January 21, 2026 at 9:40 PM
NEW: I tracked all Chinese lithium battery factories announced or built in the past decade 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 China's borders. The truth is, companies like CATL & BYD are so technologically advanced that there's little international competition. European and Asian countries are welcoming them with open arms.
this is fucking wild. every time they give an inch, he takes a mile.
now to see if europeans act like this is acceptable and go back to appeasement or whether they accelerate a break with the US after this experience.
now to see if europeans act like this is acceptable and go back to appeasement or whether they accelerate a break with the US after this experience.
“.. Denmark would give the United States sovereignty over small pockets of Greenlandic land where the United States could build military bases, according to three senior officials ..”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 22, 2026 at 12:19 AM
this is fucking wild. every time they give an inch, he takes a mile.
now to see if europeans act like this is acceptable and go back to appeasement or whether they accelerate a break with the US after this experience.
now to see if europeans act like this is acceptable and go back to appeasement or whether they accelerate a break with the US after this experience.
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wake up babe new one laptop per child dropped
OpenAI's new "Education for Countries" program, which "will work with governments and university consortia to bring AI into education systems", is based on, well, a farcically self-serving understanding of "the history of technology" and an even worse view of education 🤢 openai.com/index/edu-fo...
January 21, 2026 at 10:21 PM
wake up babe new one laptop per child dropped
lmao surprised the direct request took this long. she has no remorse for what she did, and should rot in there while having many more tech executives join her.
Elizabeth Holmes Asks Trump for Early Prison Release After Fraud
Disgraced Theranos Inc. founder Elizabeth Holmes has formally asked President Donald Trump to release her from prison with almost six years left to serve on her term.
www.bloomberg.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:52 PM
lmao surprised the direct request took this long. she has no remorse for what she did, and should rot in there while having many more tech executives join her.
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Great deep dive. And to sound like a broken record, the sooner the EU starts incentivising open source development the better the world will be for them and everyone else. Gnome, LibreOffice, GIMP, all need a polish and some partner support.
Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
www.disconnect.blog
January 20, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Great deep dive. And to sound like a broken record, the sooner the EU starts incentivising open source development the better the world will be for them and everyone else. Gnome, LibreOffice, GIMP, all need a polish and some partner support.
Doug Ford and the auto industry reps behind him are trying to defend a managed decline of Canadian auto manufacturing instead of looking for opportunities for growth.
If Doug is so mad about Chinese cars, when is he going to start naming companies like Tesla, Volvo, and Polestar?
If Doug is so mad about Chinese cars, when is he going to start naming companies like Tesla, Volvo, and Polestar?
Doug Ford calls for Chinese EV boycott in Canada after Carney deal | CBC News
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is calling on Canadians to boycott Chinese-made electric vehicles when they are allowed back into the country under a deal recently struck by Prime Minister Mark Carney.
www.cbc.ca
January 21, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Doug Ford and the auto industry reps behind him are trying to defend a managed decline of Canadian auto manufacturing instead of looking for opportunities for growth.
If Doug is so mad about Chinese cars, when is he going to start naming companies like Tesla, Volvo, and Polestar?
If Doug is so mad about Chinese cars, when is he going to start naming companies like Tesla, Volvo, and Polestar?
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The complaint “argues that GPT-4o is a ‘defective’ and ‘inherently dangerous’ product, and that OpenAI failed to warn users of foreseeable risks to their emotional and psychological health.”
Man Who Had Managed Mental Illness Effectively for Years Says ChatGPT Sent Him Into Hospitalization for Psychosis
John Jacquez successfully managed a mental illness for years, he says. Then ChatGPT reinforced delusions, spiraling him into "AI psychosis."
futurism.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:38 PM
The complaint “argues that GPT-4o is a ‘defective’ and ‘inherently dangerous’ product, and that OpenAI failed to warn users of foreseeable risks to their emotional and psychological health.”