What you missed in April 2025
Brazil’s crackdown on social media, Elon Musk’s war on empathy, how BYD is leaving Tesla in the dust, and more!
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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Why I’m getting off US tech
At least as much as feasibly possible
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They bet on the Conservatives, but the Liberals will give them much of what they want anyway
Faltering Conservative support won’t stop Canada’s tech leaders
Canadian tech executives bet on Pierre Poilievre, but Mark Carney still offers the chance to realize parts of their agenda
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What you missed in March 2025
Masayoshi Son’s legacy, the false promise of abundance, who is free software for, and much more!
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The extreme right is organizing for a new austerity campaign modeled on Elon Musk’s destructive efforts
Elon Musk is running Tesla into the ground
His far-right politics aren’t the automaker’s only problem
The United States has gone rogue. There must be consequences.
Countries must form new alliances and end their dependence on US tech in response to Trump’s trade war