2026-10-30T23:49:49Z https://nostr.now Ian Welsh https://nostr.now/npub149rx5zv2m0cxy2wjvwr5myersa5sde9flx0zvg4sp7ruq97qgawq6w7zya https://media.mstdn.social/accounts/avatars/111/454/580/580/960/683/original/8e05cd13a2d6ce51.jpg https://media.mstdn.social/accounts/avatars/111/454/580/580/960/683/original/8e05cd13a2d6ce51.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfykt40tf9g9eazaz8frrwdyq9tj4j9egzxaasf7y3szhdra53uvszyz55v6sf3tdlqc3f6f3cwnvnywrkjphy48ueuf3zkq8c0sqhcpr4cxh40mf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsputgx6cmtsq3748a3pj8js6hhnuqeaamqukkstvh7q07knmulftsf6t7dm'>nevent1q…t7dm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Just today I wrote &#34;Congress is a sewer of morons. Every major American politician, even AOC and Bernie, are functionally psychopaths. (Yes, both Bernie and AOC have repeatedly voted to send more money and weapons to Israel.)&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.ianwelsh.net/western-leadership-is-the-most-worthless-in-my-life/">https://www.ianwelsh.net/western-leadership-is-the-most-worthless-in-my-life/</a><br/>nostr:note1xstspqj0w8hzf3k0vk2q93y4aauvty8fztj8wruh9nd4vs6x4wtqmdppvk<br/> 2025-12-22T15:17:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsputgx6cmtsq3748a3pj8js6hhnuqeaamqukkstvh7q07knmulftszyz55v6sf3tdlqc3f6f3cwnvnywrkjphy48ueuf3zkq8c0sqhcpr4clpmz3m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxcfzkeeyqpmtas6tp40dv2ydt4ghjlmc2etl0tcm3rhhcxvdf96q2jxe4j'>nevent1q…xe4j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If y&#39;all haven&#39;t, you might want to read Barkin&#39;s &#34;The Corporation&#34;, same thesis, but for corps. Problem is it&#39;s also true for for pols. 2025-12-22T15:17:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxcfzkeeyqpmtas6tp40dv2ydt4ghjlmc2etl0tcm3rhhcxvdf96qzyz55v6sf3tdlqc3f6f3cwnvnywrkjphy48ueuf3zkq8c0sqhcpr4ct0p9cu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxmzp9mwmw4fav9avy7yq37qw4qt6k7r64pxut4z59ga803azatvgkk7qwv'>nevent1q…7qwv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>go to it. I&#39;ve long argued that our system selects leaders for psychopathy. Even if they aren&#39;t clinically psychopathic, they have to act like psychopaths.<br/><br/>And yeah, Economics is moral poison. 2025-12-22T15:16:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrzhk07nzuzy6u9zgk5lppt2crf4tuxr523kksgr436vs4nn8wkdszyz55v6sf3tdlqc3f6f3cwnvnywrkjphy48ueuf3zkq8c0sqhcpr4clrzyxv The only good thing about certain parts of my life is that now when something shitty happens I think &#34;yeah, this sucks, but it&#39;s not nearly as bad as when...&#34; 2025-12-14T12:56:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgrq7c92xmj9aqcj6htmxncgn9wewd29vs3vfu36dz760yhlks5sszyz55v6sf3tdlqc3f6f3cwnvnywrkjphy48ueuf3zkq8c0sqhcpr4cy4raa0 Mamdani is the start of a great struggle and represents America&#39;s last chance to turn things around.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.ianwelsh.net/mamdani-represents-a-new-era-of-political-conflict/">https://www.ianwelsh.net/mamdani-represents-a-new-era-of-political-conflict/</a> 2025-11-06T02:27:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvryuew6c4h3aq4eda4ctdglpd6f9mj6qln6rvjtuxl5da9xjh4sqzyz55v6sf3tdlqc3f6f3cwnvnywrkjphy48ueuf3zkq8c0sqhcpr4cpe43ys Even if you&#39;re a depraved monster, you should be against the Gaza genocide, because it&#39;s teaching elites what they can get away with, and yes, they will do it to you if it&#39;s in their interest.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.ianwelsh.net/amidst-everything-else-the-palestinian-genocide-is-picking-up-steam/">https://www.ianwelsh.net/amidst-everything-else-the-palestinian-genocide-is-picking-up-steam/</a> 2025-05-16T15:22:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9j7lwpye90na0lc3lutqxh5lxt7s0384q9lfv0m55x5m72hx4h0szyz55v6sf3tdlqc3f6f3cwnvnywrkjphy48ueuf3zkq8c0sqhcpr4cjelzma What I always remember about Xi Jingping is Lee Kuan Yee&#39;s comment that he only ever met two men who didn&#39;t allow anyone or anything to control their emotions: Xi and Nelson Mandela. 2025-04-07T20:49:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqvk07tzs7naw4hmc8zwxvjn9x53ws0tcvx2mg6lnlsht6yu8sxmczyz55v6sf3tdlqc3f6f3cwnvnywrkjphy48ueuf3zkq8c0sqhcpr4c7nazvw I really think the most important thing for Canadians, and especially Canadian politicians to get thru their heads is that America has just announced that they aren&#39;t friends with Canada. That they regard us as an enemy nation, or as a prey animal. 2025-02-01T16:10:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz2uzu20szfu6vhkkypax74cm7j9frwl9nmr9prfnz5z6gk5hq4ygzyz55v6sf3tdlqc3f6f3cwnvnywrkjphy48ueuf3zkq8c0sqhcpr4cq926sh &#34;But there is another solution to bias other than DEI: one that takes, at least for hiring (and it could be extended to some types of promotion decisions). Decisions based on blinding out gender and race.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.ianwelsh.net/if-you-really-hate-dei-actually-want-merit-there-is-a-way/">https://www.ianwelsh.net/if-you-really-hate-dei-actually-want-merit-there-is-a-way/</a> 2025-01-23T11:35:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp3gv2l2qgxuslp7xjjl6xdcyv9jtqe3snx8vhvtdpgm08v4uwg9gzyz55v6sf3tdlqc3f6f3cwnvnywrkjphy48ueuf3zkq8c0sqhcpr4cejajjk Bought some incadescent lightbulbs. Compared to the LED ones I have now: way softer warmer light. 2025-01-20T17:29:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd55uzs4kjfnqky486zrxnzap9mfazfd0x3ml9um2lvwx0w7nckjczyz55v6sf3tdlqc3f6f3cwnvnywrkjphy48ueuf3zkq8c0sqhcpr4cdr7my3 Biden and Trump are both trying to avoid a TikTok shutdown. See, what Congress wants is the Chinese parent company to sell TikTok to an American.<br/><br/>It&#39;s a shakedown.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.ianwelsh.net/the-tik-tok-ban-is-hypocritical-nonsense/">https://www.ianwelsh.net/the-tik-tok-ban-is-hypocritical-nonsense/</a> 2025-01-18T04:47:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2t20t8x9kz9s4kp0wrruy6dl5ytrxc07j0urjes25ch9mcry80fczyz55v6sf3tdlqc3f6f3cwnvnywrkjphy48ueuf3zkq8c0sqhcpr4cuzzh86 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs058vzw85f037uq8nfqmyx279d2twlc8kj3nq8negldw05frgrwagu6a9p8'>nevent1q…a9p8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I made it a point to say &#34;Americans&#34;. Unless you manage to start a nuclear exchange Putin is no threat to you.<br/><br/>And the war would have ended in March of its first year if the US and UK hadn&#39;t interfered. 2024-12-24T20:34:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst76m5xze8c4nemhg3trvhzqe9ehnl5zyptpw3elfdz8pzclj3qeszyz55v6sf3tdlqc3f6f3cwnvnywrkjphy48ueuf3zkq8c0sqhcpr4cuvqqhu The basic &#34;deal&#34; of civilized life is that we give up our right to private violence, we&#39;ll be better off.<br/><br/>If people like health care CEOs take their immunity to vengeance as an opportunity to mass murder, then eventually some people will decide the deal is off. 2024-12-23T21:07:45Z