Ian Welsh

"How To Think." Thinking well is not for the faint-hearted. If you do it properly you will often come to conclusions you hate: reality is rarely as we would have it be: this is not the best of all possible worlds. You must be brave and willing to endure discomfort to think well.

Corporation: "We made $4B but spent $3.9B so we only owe taxes on $100M." Government: "Totally reasonable." You: "I made $60K but spent $58K on survival." Government: "You owe taxes on $60K." You: "That's not—" Government: "File by May 15."

An HIV-positive man with colon cancer, unable to work for four years, lived in his Los Angeles apartment for almost 25 years. He says he mailed his rent on time. The landlord said the check never arrived and filed for eviction. After a trial, a jury ruled he DID mail the payment, but since it wasn't cashed, they said he failed to pay on time. A judge ordered him out. Sheriff's deputies escorted him from his home of a quarter-century. He took his dog, Simba, and his clothes. He left behind his furniture, his blankets, his two TVs, and his beloved Madonna CDs. He's now homeless, sleeping on a friend's sofa. The system will evict a dying man over a payment dispute. But a corporation can squat in bankruptcy court for years? "That's a different matter entirely."

I can tell you, because @JeffBezos sent the FBI to my door over lies. You have none. We fought and won. Four years of hell. Four million in legal feels. We lost our home, our careers, our future. We had 4 babies. I'm a lawyer. We barely survived.

@surerightnever 70% of farmers in the US are reporting they can't afford to plant all their fields. I doubt there'll be a food shortage famine, but prices will be so high a lot of people will go without. but there will be famine other places, and they matter.

@iwelsh There’s so much food waste in this country a media sponsored famine would be completely artificial

Looks like a famine in 2027 is pretty much baked in now. Hope I'm wrong.

@SoloFlow666 Wow. You can't even write without foaming at the mouth. You come across so intelligent, wise and erudite. Everyone is convinced by you. yup.

@iwelsh Dumbfuck there are 6million Jew hating Muslims in the uk and retards like yourself. There are only 270k Jews in the whole uk. Every day there are violent attacks against Jews u fuck g imbecile 99% of the time by a fucking Muslim.

Liars use lying statistics. If saying "Free Palestine" and "don't mass murder children" are hate crimes, then yeah, Jews "suffer' the most. Unlike Palestinians, who are just mass murdered.

@otherafrikan the research so far on AI is pretty clear that most users become less skilled the more the use it. But keep having an opinion.

@iwelsh Wrong. To productively exploit AI resources, you need to have deep knowledge and critical appreciation of what you want

In the Age of AI almost no one will be able to think or write. Enjoy the intellectual and literary fin de siecle.

@FetorM If you had addressed me politely, I might have wasted some of my time talking to you. As it is, you're an asshole and I block assholes. Off to hell with you, where you'll find your zionist child murdering comrades.

Eau Mai! You certainly could turn out to a highly entertaining antisemitic moron, Ian. What percentage of those hate crimes fell under someone simply saying "Free Palestine" or "don't mass murder children"? Although I doubt tht even the UK has become that retarded, I will await for your expertise and statistical breakdown.

@HangingByA Yes, idiot. I didn't say "famine in the West", I said famine. You made stupid assumptions, and now you're blocked.

doomerism is a western ideology: and whilst the west will fair fine as they denominate the supply chain, famine will again be a norm in the global south. all famines historically have been man made, they are a product of resources hoarding & not market shocks. allocation wars.

@sadstone342052 You missed the supreme court gutting the voting rights act and the Republicans stating they're going to gerrymander districts so black votes won't elect anyone?

@iwelsh How exactly have Black people lost their right to vote?

Voting for Dems without demanding actual good policy sure has worked out for women and blacks. Women have lost abortion rights, Blacks have lost voting rights. And every time someone suggests a different way, they are told to shut up and vote Democrat.

@David310734 Oooh. I'm going to go cry now. Oh wait, not being a Zionist, I don't pretend to be a victim while committing genocide, so no need to cry.

@iwelsh No, you're just making excuses because the facts disprove your feelings 😂

@MichaelSefton9 Right bro. We have ample evidence of genocide. I mean, you sick fucks (zionists, not jews) live-streamed it. No one believes your lies, and everyone knows that you're the Nazi's heirs.

@iwelsh You seem to be trying to justify crimes against British Jews you sick Nazi. Hysterical liars like you are responsible for 30 moslems arrested since the ambulance arson for attacks or plotting mass murder of Jews. There is no genocide, no famine and no apartheid.

@merf_sdp @MK_Foxbat @Westoidz You know that studies were done on this, eh? lmao

@iwelsh @MK_Foxbat @Westoidz Historically strategic bombing was not “basically worthless” lmao

I come back to check the 2nd one and he's not only taking Europe, he's crossing the channel How do you fuck up this badly?!

Iran sending a clear message. Since the US mission to guide ships through the Strait started they’ve hit two civilian ships with projectiles for trying to move through the Strait. They aren’t letting anyone go through.

@WadeTPaton The problem with pissing on Margaret Thatcher's grave is eventually you run out of piss

Some more quotes from Margaret Thatcher:

Would centaurs call humans and horses "half centaurs"?

Anyone remember "Earth and Beyond"? One of my favorite MMOs. Had the best lore of any MMO I've played.

Buddha's fundamental assertion about Gods/God is simple: they may exist, but it doesn't matter because they can't get us enlightened. They can't end our suffering. Only we can do that.

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path. - Buddha

Le bilan d'Emmanuel Macron est le plus terrible de la Ve République. On dirait un pays en guerre. 50 maternités, l'équivalent de 200 hôpitaux, ont été fermées. L'industrie s'est effondrée. Nous ne sommes plus souverains sur l'alimentation. Au niveau international, nous avons été abaissés. Son bilan est catastrophique. #Melenchon2027