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@cursoryb.bsky.social

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𝓡𝓾𝓫𝔂 𝓜𝓪𝓮 𝓖𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓪𝓰𝓱𝓮𝓻 (𝓼𝓱𝓮/𝓱𝓮𝓻)@rubymae326.bsky.social · 2w ago

I'd pay my bills and have about two-thirds less anxiety at any given moment for not knowing what my life's going to be next month.

Basic Income Action ↗️@basicincomeaction.org · last mo.

If everyone received a Universal Basic Income with no strings attached, what would you do with it? Re-post with your answer, then join the conversation in the comments. We're curious to hear what you'd do. basicincomeaction.org/sharables/6a...

Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it? Re-post with your quote or drop your take below. Basic Income Action -- Sharables
Scary Gorgon@scarygorgon.bsky.social · 4w ago

Being murdered is awful. Thinking non-traditional families were “inferior”, that maybe being gay could be “answered” by science, that women speaking up during Me Too were “whinging”, that pregnant prison inmates ought to be shackled to their hospital beds, etc etc etc… all bloody horrific.

@wavingwheat.bsky.social · 4w ago

Sometimes I like to sit and think of all the "jobs" people could do if there was guaranteed basic income and universal healthcare.

Mark (Andrew) Witham ↗️@puffmushroom.bsky.social · last mo.

We’ve lived in a system that hides the real cost of convenience. AI didn’t create that system. It just exposed it in a way people can’t ignore, and the reaction says more about us than about the technology. Cars, phones, batteries,… etc & the exploitation of labor and capital were there long before.

Joker meme: Everybody loses their minds Nearly everything is built on the exploitation of labor and expense of the environmental. Just Al is more visible about it, and now everybody loses their minds BASIC INCOME ACTION
WizardBill@wizardbill.bsky.social · last mo.

This is why UBI matters. Automation exposes the lie that personhood must be rented back through employment. If machines increase productivity, the gains should secure human life, not give owners another lever to discard people.

@denisbloodnok.bsky.social · last mo.

Anyone who has designed a user interface element with options "Yes" "Maybe later" will have a burly individual turn up at their front door every morning to ask if they'd like to be punched in the face.

Jonathan Arenburg@jonathanarenburg.com · last mo.

We often debate Universal Basic Income as an economic idea, but its clearest effects show up in mental health. When survival pressure drops, anxiety eases, crises decline, and people become more functional versions of themselves. This piece looks at what the evidence actually shows—beyond ideology.

Universal Basic Income and Mental Health: What the Evidence Actually Suggests

Universal Basic Income is usually debated in economic terms, but its most consistent effects show up elsewhere—in mental health, stress reduction, and community stability. When people are no longer one problem away from falling apart, anxiety eases, crises decline, and quality of life improves in measurable ways.

jonathanarenburg.com

Red Button@red-button.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It took about 5 minutes for Andy Burnham to show his true colours Goldman Sachs is a vampire capitalist company who spend every second of every day taking money from poor people, and transferring it to rich people NOT A GOOD START!

Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Congratulations to Andy Burnham. But this isn’t a team of advisers which looks like challenging wealth and power. The race for Greater Manchester mayor starts today and it’s Greens v Reform.

Burnham advised by ex BOE, Goldman economists ahead of UK pm bid.