I believe you can see this guy slowly realizing where Schiff was going.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 8h ago

holy shit -- Schiff ties Trump's judicial nominees in knots by asking them who won the 2016 before *before* asking them who won in 2020, which results in them sounding like election deniers about Trump's victories!

A new article from BIEN looks back at the decade when UBI moved from theory to real-world pilots. Focusing on the period 2006–2016, the article traces how pilots in Namibia, India, Brazil, Switzerland, and South Korea transformed the policy. zurl.co/qE0cw

Rather puts Grant Shapps being rejected as a Conservative candidate into perspective.

Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election

Joshua Bonehill-Paine, creator of satirical Crewkerne Gazette, has convictions including for harassing a Jewish MP

theguardian.com

Review of Andrew White's (@apw1970.bsky.social) excellent "Inequality in the Digital Economy." An interview with Andrew on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social (newbooksnetwork.com/inequality-in-the-digital-economy), and Andrew features on @kairos.fm "Reclaiming UBI": kairos.fm/reclaimingubi. #UBI

Reclaiming UBI | Kairos.fm

Making the world's complex problems accessible.

kairos.fm

Andrew White@apw1970.bsky.social · 3d ago

Full article: Inequality in the Digital Economy: The Case for a Universal Basic Income www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Full article: Inequality in the Digital Economy: The Case for a Universal Basic Income www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Inequality in the Digital Economy: The Case for a Universal Basic Income

Published in Ethics and Social Welfare (Ahead of Print, 2026)

tandfonline.com

And some wonder why I put together a quality, thoughtful women led, non Jeremy Kyle style, discussion for #feile26. Come join Claire Hanna, Claire Mitchell, Linzi McLaren and I on Thursday. More Claires than men, what?! All welcome.

I feel like the way of dealing with such behaviour is to look these people right in the eye and say, very gently, "You think your right to park matters more than homes these children?" Then when they reply just repeat it with slightly different emphasis.

Hundreds slam proposals to turn car park into children's home in Bromley

Plans to build a children’s home on a car park in Bromley have been slammed by nearby residents who call the current parking situation “a…

newsshopper.co.uk

Another great debunk from the brilliant @monkemma.bsky.social. I don't know how she has the energy/ patience but it is a huge public service: monkdebunks.substack.com/p/heatwaves-...

Heatwaves Caused by Fall in Pollution? Not really...

What a study on European warming actually found and how it got twisted into a climate-denial talking point.

monkdebunks.substack.com

This has to stop. Where is @ofcom.bsky.social ?

Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · last wk.

Now dozens of tweets an hour on X on "first the traitors, then the invaders" theme. Musk's comments seem to escalate coded & open calls for violence, against elites generally, & sometimes as threat to named politicians, judges, journalists. The calls for violence appear to have escalated

There is simply no ambiguity in what Elon Musk is arguing and endorsing here.

My beef with Morrissey runs all the way back to 1986 when he said this about Black artists. Nineteen Eighty Six, while the Smiths were still active. It’s not a “later phenomenon” don’t try and lie to me www.standard.co.uk/culture/musi...

This article is free to read or download UNTIL September 11, 2026. So don't delay, act now Michael W. Howard, “Basic income, reciprocity, and the power to exit,” World Development Perspectives, Volume 43, September 2026 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Basic income, reciprocity, and the power to exit

This paper will address the following questions: 1) what kind of basic income would enable exit from paid employment? 2) Is such a basic income sustai…

sciencedirect.com

When the story of why humanity didn't stop climate change is written, it will feature front pages like this. Even as the skies blacken with climate change-induced wildfires, right wing media continue their relentless crusade against measures to tackle it.

George Best plays cricket with neighbours' kids while lodging on Aycliffe Avenue, Chorlton, Manchester, 1965. Photo by Bill Cross.

What would Basic Income change for you in reality? UBI4ALL’s 10th Basic Income Raffle will be during the BIEN Congress in Toronto. One person will receive a total of €9,600 in Basic Income. Participation is completely free and open worldwide for 16+👉 zurl.co/CAS8i

I’m a little bit lost for words when trying to sum up the spirit and fortitude of the Hillsborough families But after the privilege of watching them make history again today - I’ve tried to sum it all up here…

Under a golden Sky the Hillsborough heroes made history again

A seismic day unfolded in parliament after years of tireless campaigning

liverpoolecho.co.uk

It seems ages ago since we finished it, but @fintechcapital.bsky.social, by @paullangley.bsky.social and me, is now out: published today in the US by @princetonupress.bsky.social. It’s published in the UK in about six weeks or so press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Fintech Capital

A thorough examination of the worldwide digital transformation of people’s everyday monetary and financial relations driven by the emergence of FinTech

press.princeton.edu

£75 a week for every adult. £50 per child. £205 for pensioners. A Universal Basic Income could halve child poverty without dramatic tax rises? The numbers behind Kate Pickett’s proposal may surprise you.

Fixing inequality: the case for a basic income

Many of our social ills are caused by inequality. It could be fixed if the state paid everyone an unconditional guaranteed basic income

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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the biggest positive story on climate is that it doesn’t seem to matter how much of the world is run by reactionary fascists: the rise of solar is unstoppable

Nicolas Fulghum@nicolasfulghum.bsky.social · 4w ago

Solar's sharp rise continues. As of April 2026, global solar capacity now exceeds 3 terawatt. 1 gigawatt → 1 terawatt: 20+ years 1 terawatt → 2 terawatt: 33 months 2 terawatt → 3 terawatt: 19 months

On Newsnight, Kay Burley intervenes during a discussion about survivors - out of nowhere - to say we "should accept that" Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor "was a war hero". Genuinely has to be seen to be believed 👇

In Bristol, one stag group is very disappointed when the Jordan Pickford and Erling Haaland lookalikes they booked finally turn up

This is a really moving and thoughtful interview

Man in viral D.C. Metro photo says he was ‘terrified’ as masked white nationalists surrounded him

Roswell Encina, a gay Filipino American civic leader, said the Fourth of July encounter with Patriot Front was frightening and impossible to separate from American history.

advocate.com

Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.social · last mo.

“In his Instagram post, Encina thanked Gomez, the Getty photographer, whose presence on the train he said was ‘quietly reassuring.’ In the interview, he said seeing a photographer there gave him some comfort because someone was documenting what was happening.”

The newspaper for fwee twade speaks...

Debating Room@debatingroom.bsky.social · last mo.

Morning!

Oh, hello.

Elon Musk asked for a name of a person he has killed. He got a list.

As a proud northerner I’ve been depressed but not surprised by ridiculous and patronising responses to the idea of moving parts of our painfully centralised government out of Westminster People are talking about powerhouse global cities as if they are parochial villages in middle earth A rant 👇

Response to Burnham's northern plans is depressingly predictable

Hysterical and patronising reactions to putative Prime Minister's plans to move parts of government up north show exactly why such changes are needed, writes Liam Thorp

liverpoolecho.co.uk

England football fans From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

Which part of UK has outperformed the rest since Brexit? Northern Ireland of course, as it has effectively stayed in the EU’s single market!

This is great. He's getting absolutely hammered on this and every answer he invents is worse than the one which preceded it

Prashant 🌊@prasshant.bsky.social · last mo.

Credit where credit is due, Finally Sally Nugent asked Nigel Farage real questions about £5m on BBC breakfast. His answer literally is "No one cares". WTAF. (I've speeded it up to 1.3x to fit within the BlueSky video limit)