Ian Stuart

@ian-stuart.bsky.social

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I am an engaged US citizen who follows news and politics. I have a Bachelors of Science in Computer Science. My views tend to be progressive but I’m not against, for example, tackling the national debt. #useAntitrustLawsToFightInflation

An image of Ian Stuart holding a "Fight Imperialism" sign by an intersection. The sign also includes social media symbols for Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky, and Instagram. Parked planes are visible in the background. Notable is a bag next to Ian marked "RDLA".
A comic frame that is titled "Community response to someone who isn't social enough". The frame is marked as being part one of two. The frame is an image of a neighborhood in which four houses are visible. On a telephone pole is a "neighborhood watch" sign. An ordinary looking man is walking on the street. One house with an oversized doorbell camera has a word bubble that says "Have we tried appearing to be kind to him in an insincere and tacky way?" At another house someone looking out the window with binoculars has a word bubble that says "He has kids. We should pressure him into an unhealthy and unsustainable relationship." Another house has a telescope peering out the window with a word bubble that says "If he is disabled, he should regularly look disabled in public settings." Near a fourth house is a person gardening with a word bubble that says "He is making too much money. Let's wreck his career."
A comic frame that is titled "Community response to someone who isn't social enough". The frame is marked as being part two of two. The frame is an image of a neighborhood in which four houses are visible. On a telephone pole is a "neighborhood watch" sign. A scruffy looking man is walking on the street. One house with an oversized doorbell camera has a word bubble that says "Is there a stronger cattle prod stick that we could try?" At another house someone looking out the window with binoculars has a word bubble that says "Perhaps his family doesn't treat him poorly enough?" Another house has a telescope peering out the window with a word bubble that says "Maybe if we sabotage his relationships with the people he does talk to?" Near a fourth house is a person gardening with a word bubble that says "Perhaps we don't insult him enough?"
A single frame comic. Near the center of the frame is an ordinary looking man on a sidewalk holding a large sign that says "let's improve society". The man is calm. On the right side of the frame is a line of houses and ordinary looking people. Notable is a pregnant woman holding a young child. The pregnant woman says "You are being paranoid!". Another person next to a house says "Quit fear mongering!" Another person says "What are you worried about?" On the left side of the frame is a street. On the far side of the street is an electronic store with TV's on display. Displayed on a TV at the electronic store is an apparent politician exclaiming "Terrorist!" A telephone poll on the far left side has a large bulky surveillance camera. An angry man driving by the protestor is shouting "Go live in another country!" A businessman walking near the left sidewalk is thinking "Good luck staying employed!"
An image depicting a two frame comic. Both frames of the comic depict an overhead view of an office space with office cubicles and people working. In the top frame a person in a middle cubicle says calmly "the relationship between me and another person isn't working out". In the bottom frame of the comic the rest of the people in the office are visibly upset.
An image from a scene in the 2004 movie "The Chronicles of Riddick" with actors Mark Sinclair Vincent and Alexa Davalos Dunas. Closed captioning visible in the image says "Are you with me, Kyra".
A chart depicting the relationship between productivity and a typical worker’s compensation from 1948 to 2014. From 1948 to 1974 the two metrics rose by similar percentages. From 1973 to 2014 productivity rose by 72.2% but hourly compensation only rose by 9.2%.
A graph showing the unemployment rates of 10 simulations of a closed economic agent based model. The graph depicts this over a span of about 230 years. The maximum unemployment rate shown is about 28%.