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Her little girl went off to play and never came back She carried that through all the years so anyone could track Back to that fateful fatal day That changed the river's course Then riptide-like it pulled and pulled, a constant contest with lifeforce. #OnLosingAChild

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"..the energy system that moves nearly everything we eat, build, manufacture, heat, fly, harvest, and deliver has taken a serious hit, and the repercussions are beginning to work their way through the body of the world economy." reinettesenumsfoghornexpress.substack.com/p/when-the-p...

WHEN THE PRESSURE DROPS

Oil Is The Lifeblood Of The Economy. The Flow Has Been Disrupted, And The Effects Are Already Reaching The Pump, The Grocery Aisle, The Airline Gate, And Your Wallet.

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Beyond the #WarOnSensemaking There is a field. I'll meet you there. We are diamonds in the rough In truth not "too many" but exceeding rare. What if we all showed up he said At the same time, Don't you think we'd have it in us To turn on a dime?!

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I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world. This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵

OBSERVED EFFECTS OF UBI

No significant reduction in labor supply (38 studies meta-analysis)

Increased self-employment (301%) and part-time employment (17%)

Slight decrease in alcohol and tobacco use (31 studies meta-analysis)

New mothers extend their maternity leaves

Birth weights improve due to better maternal nutrition

Graduation rates and educational outcomes improve

Hospitalization rates decline (8.5%)

Crime goes down (15%–42%) especially illegal hunting (95%)

Domestic violence decreases (30%–51%)

Trust increases (13% in politicians | 6% in other people)

Home ownership rates increase (17%–26%)

Food security increases as does consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables

Improved cognitive functioning (43%) and personality traits (31%)

Savings go up, debts go down


Source: scottsantens

"What interests me here is something else: why are we so willing to let a sexual claim become the entire identity of a powerful woman?" What They Did to #MaryMagdalene They're Doing to #Aisha [history is the propaganda of the victors" *I think John Holt said that] open.substack.com/pub/virginmo...

What They Did to Mary Magdalene, They're Doing to Aisha

Two of the strongest women in religious history have been reduced to sexual caricatures that are easier to remember than the women themselves.

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