chelsea wilkinson
@iamhellsea.bsky.social
I'm an artist whose day job is working to make basic income a reality and I love to foster dogs. President of USBIG.
Disabled people are far more likely to be victims of abuse. We are forced into legislated poverty and made to depend on toxic people for our survival. Many “caregivers” will take advantage of the situation, putting us in increasingly dangerous situations. We deserve autonomy.
LRP you couldn't comprehend the sheer amount of locals i would hear from at my old place of work whose lives & livelihoods were SAVED, just by gettin that free cash from Dolly. and that was 10 YEARS AGO this fall. and they're STILL talking about how much receiving that money meant to them. UBI NOW
Dolly Parton represented the best of us. She lived a life full of empathy for others. She never lost touch with her roots and always showed a deep thoughtfulness for the wellbeing of others, especially through her dedication to inspiring a love of reading through her Imagination Library for kids. 😔💔
My foster puppy loves playing with a flirt pole and he’s so smart today he started pawing at the pole to get me to continue!
At last years BIG Conference they shared a draft of the first episode and got community feedback so I’m excited to see the final look! Also this series makes me cry each time. It’s so beautiful how much basic income impacts people!!
The BIG Conference is almost here! 🎉 We're kicking things off Sept 16 at PAM CUT Theater with a free screening of Bootstraps—a docuseries following 11 households transformed by basic income. Emmy-winning director Deia Schlosberg. Wed 6:30–9 PM | Portland, OR RSVP free: partiful.com/e/hHWajBKxtV...
This will be my 5th BIG Conference and every year it gives me hope and fuels my passion for basic income 🔥
24 days until The BIG Conference! Get your ticket today, and we can't wait to have you at an inspiring, impactful conference with the community fighting for basic income. Get your ticket here: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket... #basicincome #portland #events #conference #economicjustice
Disabled people are the canaries in the coal mine. We are far more reliant on infrastructure and the supply chain to survive. Natural disasters can and will kill us first. The power outage in Gary, Indiana is impacting people’s access to medicine and oxygen. Check on the disabled.
we need rest more than ever. everything everywhere in the world of capitalism is a crushing pressure to more. faster. as soon as possible. to not fall behind. i resent it all in my deeply burnt out bones.
When you’re chronically ill, learning to rest is critical It’s also hard Our society rewards productivity We’re taught that rest is weakness. That we should play through the pain Rest is a strength It can help you maintain your baseline If all you did today was rest, be proud of yourself
me at 2:43 am trying to prevent future me from being more like this, but the trap is its a circle.
Feeling Nothing Feeling Empty
ALT: Feeling Nothing Feeling Empty
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Dozens of gas-burning power plants are being built across the country, solely to power data centers. These plants could emit as much planet-warming pollution as half of all passenger vehicles in the entire country in a single YEAR. We need a data center moratorium — now.
The payment is an admission of guilt. This should be the biggest news on every platform.
"There has been a plunder of the commons... and they've been turned into sources of huge rental income. That is illegitimate, that is unjust, that has no moral principle justifying what's been happening and we should be very angry." — Guy Standing
Do you feel confident about what job you would retrain for if your job was disrupted by AI?
For things we all need to have a good well lived life that we depend on, we deserve the dignity in having those, not just “for the needy” which is exactly how the stigma and resentment and patronizing sentiment happens
I think means testing, as opposed to universal programmes, drives a lot of resentment towards social welfare
I'm going to tell my kids that this is Universal Basic Income Goku
Retraining as the only path forward for shifting economies does not work. Look where the coding generation is now - theyre some of the first on the chopping block now. People deserve REAL security through this #AI shift. No one deserves to navigate this without UBI
The Fourteenth Amendment, written in the blood of the Civil War, says in Section 4 that this is blatantly illegal: “[N]either the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States.”
AI is built on EVERYTHING humanity has produced. It’s our collective right to have a share of the wealth and a UBI would help give us security through this next economic shift. No AI Without UBI !
We've started a @change.org petition demanding leaders ensure people get a share of AI wealth. AI companies are getting rich off our data, and displacing our jobs at the same time. A Universal Basic Income is a must in the AI revolution. Sign the petition today & share! #AI #Jobs c.org/D6bd6M7Gdz
Voter suppression is treason. It is treason in a government based on the will of the people. Period.
No, it’s not ‘normal’ for humans to be in competition all the time. It’s not normal to work for most of your waking hours of the day. It’s not normal to be stressed 24/7. Stop taking a few hundred years of capitalism and pretending that’s just how being human is. It’s not.
Bill Jordan, one of the greats of the Universal Basic Income movement has passed.
Bill Jordan — A Tribute | BIEN — Basic Income Earth Network
basicincome.org
I wish the character count wasn't so low on bluesky :(
A reminder for today that all the aspects of our economic system are made up and we can have a new and better system if we want. It does not have to be this way.
Is Universal Basic Income More Affordable Than You Think? By Soomi Lee, the US BIG Blog, April 27, 2026
Is Universal Basic Income More Affordable Than You Think? – USBIG
usbig.net
✍️ It's official! The Millionaires Tax is signed into law. HUGE THANK YOU to Governor Ferguson and all the lawmakers and advocates who have gotten us to this point. This fight isn't over, but our movement is only getting stronger.
Big Tech AI is stealing from us, building their data centers with our tax dollars, they're raising our utility bills and destroying our land. And they're trying to sell us the biggest scam of snake oil that they can sell our knowledge back to us? We're being scammed so hard and we need a UBI.