Ghosting Substack
After 9 months on Substack, Disconnect is back on Ghost. Paris explains why the migration was necessary.
Paris Marx
Paris Marx is a Canadian tech critic and host of the award-winning Tech Won’t Save Us podcast. He writes the Disconnect newsletter and is the author of Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation.
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World leaders must stop appeasing Donald Trump
Conceding to Trump’s demands only guarantees new threats. It’s time to reject the US and its tech companies.
My first book is out in paperback!
Grab your copy of Road to Nowhere
Wading through the social media haze
Wildfire responses in Canada stifled by misinformation, particularly on on Facebook
I drove some Chinese cars. Here’s what I thought.
Western automakers are doomed if they keep trying to hide behind tariff walls
What you missed in July 2025
DOGE 2.0, China the electro-state, and the environmental harms of rare earths
Mark Carney is going “elbows down” against Big Tech
Canada’s AI agenda ignores potential harms in the hope of short-term economic gain
I’ve had it with Microsoft
The company is deceptively raising prices on existing customers to fund its AI spending
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.