David Paris
@dave.paris
comms strategist/activist/stirrer for sale or hire, disinfo, digital rights, privacy, more, find me here: https://davidpar.is
stories/complaints about life with chronic pain were once and may again be here: https://pain.paige.paris
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stories/complaints about life with chronic pain were once and may again be here: https://pain.paige.paris
he/him
His "somewhat successful" funding cuts have already killed over half a million people, and they are projected to kill 14 million people. Imagine how many millions of lives he could've ended if he'd achieved all he hoped for.
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The billionaire said instead of DOGE, he would have worked at his companies if he had the chance to go back and do it all again.
Musk Says DOGE Was ‘A Little Bit Successful,’ But He Wouldn’t Do It Again
The billionaire said instead of DOGE, he would have worked at his companies if he had the chance to go back and do it all again.
www.forbes.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
His "somewhat successful" funding cuts have already killed over half a million people, and they are projected to kill 14 million people. Imagine how many millions of lives he could've ended if he'd achieved all he hoped for.
www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
I feel compelled to write some feelpinions about the social media ban, except like everyone else my age I stopped blogging over a decade ago, I don't substack, and I haven't submitted to an actual publication in years, so, I guess its... Facebook?
December 11, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I feel compelled to write some feelpinions about the social media ban, except like everyone else my age I stopped blogging over a decade ago, I don't substack, and I haven't submitted to an actual publication in years, so, I guess its... Facebook?
"Ask Jeffrey": Epstein Ran Wexner's Pro-Israel Philanthropy Machine, Emails Reveal
"Ask Jeffrey": Epstein Ran Wexner's Pro-Israel Philanthropy Machine, Emails Reveal
The Wexner Foundation has long claimed Epstein had "did not make decisions regarding the use of Foundation’s funds.” New emails show that is flagrantly false.
open.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:21 AM
"Ask Jeffrey": Epstein Ran Wexner's Pro-Israel Philanthropy Machine, Emails Reveal
Great piece on Defector:
The Conservative Grievance Business Is Always Hiring
The Conservative Grievance Business Is Always Hiring
The Conservative Grievance Business Is Always Hiring | Defector
Given his age when he first came to the world’s attention and assuming continued good health in the intervening decade and change, Marine Todd would be in his late 30s today. That would be if he was a real person, though, and Marine Todd was the invented hero in a classic bit of dippy Obama-era…
defector.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Great piece on Defector:
The Conservative Grievance Business Is Always Hiring
The Conservative Grievance Business Is Always Hiring
Nothing more unAustralian than prolonged whinging about English whinging. Tell the poms to have a cry about it, point to the scoreboard, laugh, and get on with your life. #ashes
December 6, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Nothing more unAustralian than prolonged whinging about English whinging. Tell the poms to have a cry about it, point to the scoreboard, laugh, and get on with your life. #ashes
I’ve heard two different Australian commentators sulking about the BA booing Steve Smith. The barmy army are tedious, for sure, but Smith was caught in the biggest cheating scandal in years and then rewarded with the captaincy. What the fuck do those commentators expect? #ashes
December 6, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I’ve heard two different Australian commentators sulking about the BA booing Steve Smith. The barmy army are tedious, for sure, but Smith was caught in the biggest cheating scandal in years and then rewarded with the captaincy. What the fuck do those commentators expect? #ashes
Larry Summers opens a lecture to his Harvard class with an acknowledgment of his appearance in the Epstein files. This timeline is so weird.
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TikTok - Make Your Day
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November 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Larry Summers opens a lecture to his Harvard class with an acknowledgment of his appearance in the Epstein files. This timeline is so weird.
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BREAKING: Marshall Islands becomes the first country to launch a Universal Basic Income program. Every resident (about 33,000 people) will receive $200 every 3 months. This works out to being about 11% of GDP per capita. If the US did that same percentage, the UBI would be about $770/mo.
Marshall Islands Launches Nationwide Universal Basic Income Program Using Digital Infrastructure
Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands — November 19, 2025. The Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) has introduced a nationwide Universal Basic Income (UBI) program, marking the...
www.koreaittimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:42 AM
BREAKING: Marshall Islands becomes the first country to launch a Universal Basic Income program. Every resident (about 33,000 people) will receive $200 every 3 months. This works out to being about 11% of GDP per capita. If the US did that same percentage, the UBI would be about $770/mo.
Do the DNA test Elon you coward
They discovered that only one in two million people has what we call the "evil gene." Hitler had it. Walt Disney had it. And Freddy Quimby has it.
November 19, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Do the DNA test Elon you coward
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Again, it is unbelievable that this man is permitted to walk free after causing the deaths of potentially millions of people. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
Musk Is Back in Politics. Does He Want to Stay a While?
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Again, it is unbelievable that this man is permitted to walk free after causing the deaths of potentially millions of people. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
It's free PR for Libertarianism; there is not one aspect of tech that governments haven't comprehensively failed on. Litigation, regulation, infrastructure, service provision and delivery, transparency.
Governments are the Bonnie Blue of tech;
you name, they've fucked it.
Governments are the Bonnie Blue of tech;
you name, they've fucked it.
The simple test that blew up the FTC's case against Meta
How one experiment defined the social networking market better than the government did. PLUS: Gemini 3 arrives
www.platformer.news
November 19, 2025 at 4:45 AM
It's free PR for Libertarianism; there is not one aspect of tech that governments haven't comprehensively failed on. Litigation, regulation, infrastructure, service provision and delivery, transparency.
Governments are the Bonnie Blue of tech;
you name, they've fucked it.
Governments are the Bonnie Blue of tech;
you name, they've fucked it.
Reposted by David Paris
this is too on the nose
November 18, 2025 at 8:50 AM
this is too on the nose
Spotify is trying to replace the artists who leave their platform in protest against AI—like King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard—with deeply dodgy doppelgängers
Spotify's doppelgänger problem
After King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard left Spotify in protest earlier this year, something strange took their place
www.platformer.news
November 14, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Spotify is trying to replace the artists who leave their platform in protest against AI—like King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard—with deeply dodgy doppelgängers
I just saw a newly installed / unmodded Windows 11 desktop and I do not understand how people can live like that.
October 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I just saw a newly installed / unmodded Windows 11 desktop and I do not understand how people can live like that.
Scandals that should disqualify him from the captaincy for life: 1
Australia will have one of their most experienced leaders taking charge in Pat Cummins' absence 🫡
October 28, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Scandals that should disqualify him from the captaincy for life: 1
Teens with disabilities might end up losing contact with friends and online communities due to being banned from social media.
People working in the disability support sector say it is worth considering an exemption for teens with a physical disability.
People working in the disability support sector say it is worth considering an exemption for teens with a physical disability.
How the social media ban will impact teens with a disability
Teens with disabilities say they might end up losing contact with friends and online communities due to being banned from social media.
www.abc.net.au
October 28, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Teens with disabilities might end up losing contact with friends and online communities due to being banned from social media.
People working in the disability support sector say it is worth considering an exemption for teens with a physical disability.
People working in the disability support sector say it is worth considering an exemption for teens with a physical disability.
OpenAI estimated that around 0.07 percent of active ChatGPT users show “possible signs of mental health emergencies related to psychosis or mania”
0.15 percent “have conversations that include explicit indicators of potential suicidal planning or intent.”
0.15 percent “have conversations that include explicit indicators of potential suicidal planning or intent.”
OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week
OpenAI says hundreds of thousands of ChatGPT users may show signs of manic or psychotic crisis every week.
www.wired.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
OpenAI estimated that around 0.07 percent of active ChatGPT users show “possible signs of mental health emergencies related to psychosis or mania”
0.15 percent “have conversations that include explicit indicators of potential suicidal planning or intent.”
0.15 percent “have conversations that include explicit indicators of potential suicidal planning or intent.”
It was already struggling but Trump 2 pretty much pulled the plug on Godwin’s Law hey. RIP to an online staple.
October 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
It was already struggling but Trump 2 pretty much pulled the plug on Godwin’s Law hey. RIP to an online staple.
I knew Australians were champion wood choppers but I did not know the team is called the Chopperoos
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October 25, 2025 at 6:23 AM
I knew Australians were champion wood choppers but I did not know the team is called the Chopperoos
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The Netherlands are cutting back intelligence sharing with the US over human rights concerns.
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October 25, 2025 at 5:21 AM
The Netherlands are cutting back intelligence sharing with the US over human rights concerns.
www.msn.com/en-us/ne...
www.msn.com/en-us/ne...
Just how creepy are the big tech platforms you use every day?
The 2025 RDR Index assessed the transparency of 14 tech giants and 43 of their platforms on critical issues affecting people’s rights to free expression and privacy.
The 2025 RDR Index assessed the transparency of 14 tech giants and 43 of their platforms on critical issues affecting people’s rights to free expression and privacy.
The 2025 Ranking Digital Rights Big Tech Edition
We evaluated 14 of the world’s most powerful digital platforms on their disclosed policies and practices affecting people’s rights to freedom of expression and privacy.
rankingdigitalrights.org
October 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Just how creepy are the big tech platforms you use every day?
The 2025 RDR Index assessed the transparency of 14 tech giants and 43 of their platforms on critical issues affecting people’s rights to free expression and privacy.
The 2025 RDR Index assessed the transparency of 14 tech giants and 43 of their platforms on critical issues affecting people’s rights to free expression and privacy.
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Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America
October 19, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America
The most magnificently (entirely accidentally) hilarious content you will see all week is American bro wrestling podcasters stumbling through geopolitical analysis as they struggle to grasp why an Australian crowd would boo their national anthem.
October 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The most magnificently (entirely accidentally) hilarious content you will see all week is American bro wrestling podcasters stumbling through geopolitical analysis as they struggle to grasp why an Australian crowd would boo their national anthem.
Remember the good old days of “alternative facts”? What a time.
October 10, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Remember the good old days of “alternative facts”? What a time.
Underrated element of One Battle After Another is the car selection for every character. It is perfect.
The Oscar Should Go to Bob Ferguson's 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R
The Oscar Should Go to Bob Ferguson's 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R
The Oscar Should Go to Bob Ferguson's 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R
'One Battle After Another' as a car movie
maxread.substack.com
October 4, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Underrated element of One Battle After Another is the car selection for every character. It is perfect.
The Oscar Should Go to Bob Ferguson's 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R
The Oscar Should Go to Bob Ferguson's 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R