Ian Ellis

👨‍💻 DevOps veteran | 🧠 AI prompt author
đź§Ş Building (terrible) tools at the edge of automation and cognition
🔧 Self-hosting, Kubernetes, Python — and a touch of chaos
✍️ Medium: @ellisiana
🏍 Electric rider | 💭 Consciousness explorer | 🧙‍♂️ @magicalbob

Ian Ellismagicalbob
2025-06-17

@Radical_EgoCom a few scattered details gleaned from fragments and speculation—an excellent foundation for grand political conclusions! Almost like saying 'we do know some things about swallows' before launching into a debate about airspeed velocity?

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2025-06-17

To believe that a small group of billionaires are suddenly working tirelessly for the benefit of the working class really does require a spectacular level of stupidity.

It's the political equivalent to believing the lap dancer really does like you

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đť—– đť—” đť—§Radical_EgoCom
2025-06-17

Clearly the solution to creating a socialist society is somewhere in the middle, where there is a state with limited control and a working class population with equal or more control over the functions of the state through democracy. This is also the best way to ensure the withering away of the state and the transition from socialist to communist society. 2/2

@haui @Proleworkz

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DB 🌱💦dbattistella@todon.eu
2025-06-17

"We're celebrating #movies, Variety celebrates movies, but we can't forget what happens in the real world while we're celebrating fiction. In the real world, in Gaza, thousands of children are dying of starvation, and it's a genocide taking place in front of our eyes in 4K, and American support for it has to stop." - Javier Bardem

#FreePalestine #BreakTheSiege #StopTheGenocide #JavierBardem

Ian Ellismagicalbob
2025-06-16

@Radical_EgoCom Pre-agriculture was pre-historic, right? Scientifically I'm not sure I could know what the heck you're talking about! Isn't this why politics turns people off?

Ian Ellismagicalbob
2025-06-15

I got some -ai RayBans. One day I thought "what if"? Said `Hey Meta! Describe what is in front of me`. The glasses took a photo (which didn't get added to my photo library, an ephemeral photo) and it told me "You are in a kitchen, with a dark floor and appliances". I'm easily amazed!!!

Ian Ellismagicalbob
2025-06-15

@Radical_EgoCom `Ever since the dissolution of primitive society`??? This mirrors Trump/Farage-style nostalgia—different ideology, same lazy framing. If we critique capitalism, let’s avoid their tricks?

Ian Ellismagicalbob
2025-06-12

I remember the good 'ole days when you could comment on stuff in the mainstream media. That seems to have all but disappeared—maybe because of moderation costs?

But on Medium, you can comment all you like. Wouldn’t it be better if we could respond to mainstream media articles the same way—right where we read them?

So I wrote about it: medium.com/p/dfa603dbedbc

Do you miss old-school comments on news sites? Or is silence better?

Ian Ellismagicalbob
2025-06-12

@greenpeace When I was at uni, aged 18 to 21, one of our physics lecturers pointed out that we students hadn’t yet lived a billion seconds — that’s about 31 years! (Sadly, 24 years ago for me now…)

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2025-06-12

12 June 1929 | A German Jewish girl, Anne Frank, was born in Frankfurt.

In 1942 on her 13th birthday she received an empty diary. She perished in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945.

'Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character & goodness.' (A.Frank)

Anne Frank seated at a desk with an open book and a pen, looking directly at the camera, with a bottle of ink by her side.
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2025-06-12

📍 US Embassy, London, UK

olitical street poster outside the U.S. Embassy in London featuring edited images of Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and another billionaire, with bold text reading: “They blame immigrants so you don’t blame billionaires.” The poster includes the hashtag #SolidarityWithLA, referencing ongoing protests in Los Angeles. The striking image juxtaposes the sleek U.S. Embassy architecture and American flag with a grassroots message challenging wealth inequality and scapegoating.

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