John Ludd
@lagadoist.bsky.social
Technologist, neo-Luddite and #tankie ☭
The problem isn’t the machine
It’s who owns the factory.
🚫 No to barbarism. 🌶️ Socialism or GTFO 🟥
The problem isn’t the machine
It’s who owns the factory.
🚫 No to barbarism. 🌶️ Socialism or GTFO 🟥
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John Ludd
@lagadoist.bsky.social
· Aug 9
For what it's worth:
It is legal under international law to fight against occupation and oppression.
It's also necessary.
It is legal under international law to fight against occupation and oppression.
It's also necessary.
This guy, not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
November 14, 2025 at 6:04 AM
This guy, not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
"tankie"? 😂
Yeah man, tell us how much you love the American Empire and Al Qaeda.
Yeah man, tell us how much you love the American Empire and Al Qaeda.
November 14, 2025 at 6:01 AM
"tankie"? 😂
Yeah man, tell us how much you love the American Empire and Al Qaeda.
Yeah man, tell us how much you love the American Empire and Al Qaeda.
Absolutely. I support the working class right to smash the tools of their oppression *under capitalism*.
Change the property relations and that oppression becomes liberation.
Change the property relations and that oppression becomes liberation.
November 2, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Absolutely. I support the working class right to smash the tools of their oppression *under capitalism*.
Change the property relations and that oppression becomes liberation.
Change the property relations and that oppression becomes liberation.
The problem has never been about the AI. It has always been about property relations.
When faced with questions like this I think you should use the AI *and* work to overthrow capitalism.
When faced with questions like this I think you should use the AI *and* work to overthrow capitalism.
Ok, so what do we think?
An AI that uses published academic papers ONLY. 100 searches costs 1 litre of fresh water. Somewhere between 100 and 1000 searches uses 1kwh of electricity.
Worth it to have some accuracy?
[Puts on protective overcoat and body armour]
Discuss!
An AI that uses published academic papers ONLY. 100 searches costs 1 litre of fresh water. Somewhere between 100 and 1000 searches uses 1kwh of electricity.
Worth it to have some accuracy?
[Puts on protective overcoat and body armour]
Discuss!
Search - Consensus: AI Search Engine for Research
Consensus is a search engine that uses AI to find answers in scientific research.
consensus.app
November 2, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The problem has never been about the AI. It has always been about property relations.
When faced with questions like this I think you should use the AI *and* work to overthrow capitalism.
When faced with questions like this I think you should use the AI *and* work to overthrow capitalism.
The problem has never been about the AI. It has always been about property relations. I think you should use this computation service *and* work to overthrow capitalism.
November 2, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The problem has never been about the AI. It has always been about property relations. I think you should use this computation service *and* work to overthrow capitalism.
Calm the fuck down. Don't give me that "traitor" bullshit. The United States IS a fascist state and so is fucking Canada!
October 27, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Calm the fuck down. Don't give me that "traitor" bullshit. The United States IS a fascist state and so is fucking Canada!
Please. ChatGPT is just regurgitating the mainstream party line. The same mainstream that brought American fascism to where it is today.
October 27, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Please. ChatGPT is just regurgitating the mainstream party line. The same mainstream that brought American fascism to where it is today.
Your ideology is far stronger than your ability to understand history.
America has always been friendly to fascism and gave all the Nazis it could find postwar jobs. Operation paperclip. Unit 731
The only reason the US entered the war was to make sure the Soviets didn't win it on their own.
America has always been friendly to fascism and gave all the Nazis it could find postwar jobs. Operation paperclip. Unit 731
The only reason the US entered the war was to make sure the Soviets didn't win it on their own.
October 27, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Your ideology is far stronger than your ability to understand history.
America has always been friendly to fascism and gave all the Nazis it could find postwar jobs. Operation paperclip. Unit 731
The only reason the US entered the war was to make sure the Soviets didn't win it on their own.
America has always been friendly to fascism and gave all the Nazis it could find postwar jobs. Operation paperclip. Unit 731
The only reason the US entered the war was to make sure the Soviets didn't win it on their own.
The American education system strikes again.
October 27, 2025 at 1:55 AM
The American education system strikes again.
Textbook care-trolling. Did you have to use Google to compile that list? Had you heard of those countries before you started?
Yeah fake concern from genocide denying piece of trash.
Yeah fake concern from genocide denying piece of trash.
October 27, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Textbook care-trolling. Did you have to use Google to compile that list? Had you heard of those countries before you started?
Yeah fake concern from genocide denying piece of trash.
Yeah fake concern from genocide denying piece of trash.
These people were never anti-fascist.
The USA entered the war late because they couldn't decide which fucking side they were on.
The USA entered the war late because they couldn't decide which fucking side they were on.
October 27, 2025 at 1:43 AM
These people were never anti-fascist.
The USA entered the war late because they couldn't decide which fucking side they were on.
The USA entered the war late because they couldn't decide which fucking side they were on.
What a weak-minded person you are. Very poor reading skills too apparently.
October 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
What a weak-minded person you are. Very poor reading skills too apparently.
It's sad because Twitter has been destroyed by Musk. It's really bad there but in the other direction.
As a foreigner obviously I'm less interested in American dem vs repub squabbles but few here talk about anything else. Electoralism is boring in any country.
As a foreigner obviously I'm less interested in American dem vs repub squabbles but few here talk about anything else. Electoralism is boring in any country.
October 21, 2025 at 1:04 AM
It's sad because Twitter has been destroyed by Musk. It's really bad there but in the other direction.
As a foreigner obviously I'm less interested in American dem vs repub squabbles but few here talk about anything else. Electoralism is boring in any country.
As a foreigner obviously I'm less interested in American dem vs repub squabbles but few here talk about anything else. Electoralism is boring in any country.
Fuck! How do I unfollow all the liberals here? No kings? Fuck off.
Socialism or get the fuck out of here.
Socialism or get the fuck out of here.
October 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Fuck! How do I unfollow all the liberals here? No kings? Fuck off.
Socialism or get the fuck out of here.
Socialism or get the fuck out of here.
Logged into Twitter for the first time in ages. Well, it's definitely a right wing network now! I deleted the app.
This is the fate of Tiktok and essentially all social media that falls under America's jurisdiction.
This is the fate of Tiktok and essentially all social media that falls under America's jurisdiction.
October 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Logged into Twitter for the first time in ages. Well, it's definitely a right wing network now! I deleted the app.
This is the fate of Tiktok and essentially all social media that falls under America's jurisdiction.
This is the fate of Tiktok and essentially all social media that falls under America's jurisdiction.
She's a fucking fascist, you dimwit.
October 13, 2025 at 9:48 PM
She's a fucking fascist, you dimwit.
In short it's just an admission of "no I don't want to read any theory". Fine that's a valid choice but at the cost of being on your own, endlessly retreading other people's ideas and not even knowing it.
September 30, 2025 at 10:27 AM
In short it's just an admission of "no I don't want to read any theory". Fine that's a valid choice but at the cost of being on your own, endlessly retreading other people's ideas and not even knowing it.
Rejecting Hegel as many do as a mere idealist who Marx had to turn "on his head" misses the value of Hegel and of philosophy in general.
September 30, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Rejecting Hegel as many do as a mere idealist who Marx had to turn "on his head" misses the value of Hegel and of philosophy in general.
Capital itself is an example of Hegelian style i.e. a continuous process of zooming out from the simple entity of the commodity through a series of dualisms, each building on the previous one.
September 30, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Capital itself is an example of Hegelian style i.e. a continuous process of zooming out from the simple entity of the commodity through a series of dualisms, each building on the previous one.
Despite spending a good deal of his time focusing on English economics Marx remained a philosopher in the Hegelian school for his entire career.
September 30, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Despite spending a good deal of his time focusing on English economics Marx remained a philosopher in the Hegelian school for his entire career.
Marx employs Hegelian philosophy in several ways, not only in the familiar "battle of opposites" kind of analysis but as an entire world lens.
September 30, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Marx employs Hegelian philosophy in several ways, not only in the familiar "battle of opposites" kind of analysis but as an entire world lens.
I think AI can be used effectively in all of those areas but I agree with your wider point, there are certain areas where AI, and more critically offshoring, will impact less in the short term.
September 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I think AI can be used effectively in all of those areas but I agree with your wider point, there are certain areas where AI, and more critically offshoring, will impact less in the short term.
Tech workers have for many years been amongst the most mobile workforces in the world. The acceleration of the digital workspace now means that jobs are now migrating faster than the workers themselves can physically move.
September 28, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Tech workers have for many years been amongst the most mobile workforces in the world. The acceleration of the digital workspace now means that jobs are now migrating faster than the workers themselves can physically move.
In the short term that means a transfer of employment away from the West and toward cheaper pools of labour.
September 28, 2025 at 12:45 AM
In the short term that means a transfer of employment away from the West and toward cheaper pools of labour.