Use the savings for universal basic income, and by combining it with UBI, we'd also spend even less on healthcare, due to the significant improvements in health that UBI would provide.

Universal Basic Income as the Social Vaccine of the 21st Century

Can the savings of basic income exceed the costs? > “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” — Benjamin Franklin [https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/247269-an-ounce-of-prevention-is-worth-...

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He pays more to fight a wealth tax than he pays in taxes. He pays more to fight a wealth tax than any of us would earn in 10 lifetimes.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · yesterday

This is how you know we need a wealth tax

A new study shows that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and over $1 trillion every year. The new research out of Yale shows that reductions in administrative overhead, lower pharmaceutical prices, less fraudulent billing, and fewer emergency care trips would lead to huge savings. /1

Yale Study: Medicare for All Would Save Over 114,000 Lives and $1 Trillion a Year | Common Dreams

"Do not tell me we cannot afford Medicare for All," the senator said. "What we cannot afford is a broken healthcare system based on greed."

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When the banks needed help, they called it “stabilizing the economy.” When airlines needed help, they called it “protecting jobs.” When corporations got tax breaks, they called it “pro-growth.” When working people need health care? “SOCIALISM.”

AOC: Millennials are not punk kids anymore. We're grown adults with mortgages and kids, and that generation is starting to be decisive at the polls. And there is anger at being ignored, having our economic futures mortgaged by the generations that came before us and we're taking the reins

Once upon a time a public education Teacher could work full-time (ideally 32 hours, imo) and have a single family home, a stay-at-home parent/partner and afford things like a camping trailer. True or false?

I don’t think CA has RCV for state elections. The GOP was hoping the Dem vote would be split among several candidates so that two MAGAts could win the primaries. But RCV prevents vote splitting, because you can vote for as many candidates as you want. fairvote.org/our-reforms/...

Ranked Choice Voting - FairVote

Ranked choice voting makes our elections better by allowing voters to rank candidates in order of preference.

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People across the country, including multiple Senators, are urging the CFTC to crack down on Kalshi and Polymarket wildfire betting, saying that having markets gambling on wildfires could incentivize arson.

As they amass more money and power, the public views billionaires as sweaty psychos Scrooge McDucking their way into evil amounts of cash. The collective ick emerging raises a question that wealthy men might prioritize over ethical perceptions: Have billionaires become categorically unfuckable?

No One Wants to Sleep With Billionaires

Wealth used to be helpful in the dating pool, but a growing class of billionaires are proving that money can't buy love.

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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.

A new investigation reveals that at least 50 police officers from all over the U.S. have been caught abusing their access to Flock's automatic license plate reader database, including to stalk women. This is just one of the many reasons to get these creepy cameras off our streets.

ACLU of Wisconsin@acluofwi.bsky.social · last wk.

Wisconsin is making national news because so many police officers have been charged or convicted with using the Flock surveillance network to stalk people. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/08/02/how-police-officers-used-vast-network-cameras-spy-their-exes/

Ugh because the SAVE plan has ended student loans are going up so high I can’t afford it anymore. The new IDR plans suck and aren’t affordable. PSLF is 5 years away. I dunno what to do

Corporate spending on elections has already topped $500 million this year. That's one third of the $1.58 billion in total that corporations have spent since Citizens United in 2010. Hawaii and Montana both have plans to neutralize this disastrous SCOTUS ruling. Other states must get on board.

Do you use Instagram or Gmail? You could be helping to train AI. Big Tech has turned what all of us helped create into a trillion-dollar industry. It’s time to tax AI so you can share in its success.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino "has lost not only UEFA's confidence but also that of many other members of the football family," according to a statement from the European football governing body.

Ed Markey has taken the Political Integrity Pledge✅

BREAKING: New York just sued Kalshi — alleging it’s an illegal gambling operation. New York AG Letitia James alleges Kalshi failed to obtain a state gambling license and pay taxes. Her office is seeking an order enjoining Kalshi’s operations, plus fines, restitution and forfeiture of profits.

New York sues prediction market Kalshi alleging it’s an illegal gambling operation | CNN Politics

The New York attorney general’s office is suing Kalshi, one of the largest prediction markets, alleging it’s running an illegal gambling operation in the state.

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The 6 largest oil companies will collectively rake in $45B in profits in the second quarter of 2026 — nearly double what they made in the first quarter. Meanwhile, Canada, France, and Spain are battling record-breaking wildfires spurred by the climate crisis. Big Oil profits while the world burns.

FIFA are supposed to be a non profit body that manage football. THEY DO NOT OWN IT.After the heavily contrived world cup finals they proved they are crooked. Now they want to sell off football to whoever pays most. As a non profit organization they want to ruin our game for profit. SHAME ON THEM.

The World Cup without UEFA means no Mbappe, no Bellingham, no Haaland, no Olise, no Yamal It means no England, France, Spain, Germany, Belgium It means no Zidane, Tuchel, Klopp The World Cup this year without Europe would have just been Argentina & Egypt in the final 8 UEFA must hold firm

I want 4 day work weeks, free universal healthcare, and a livable wage to meet my basic needs!!

I’m sick of this gaslighting fucker. Football should be run by someone who is honest enough to own up to their mistakes, not this self-promoting, lying wanker. #FIFACorruption #FuckInfantino

World Cup 2026: Gianni Infantino tells Fifa critics to 'meditate, pray or watch football'

Fifa president Gianni Infantino tells critics to "meditate, pray or watch a football match" instead of "spreading hate and false rumours" about him and the World Cup.

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And that corporate greed is facilitated in part because the people who run these companies deliberately lean on the government, getting corporate welfare to cover their refusal to give workers what they need and deserve. Read more here: popular.info/p/taxpayers-....

Taxpayers spend about $2 billion annually on Medicaid for Amazon and Walmart employees

American taxpayers are spending billions every year providing Medicaid benefits to hundreds of thousands of employees of Amazon and Walmart, a new analysis by Popular Information reveals.

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🚨BREAKING: Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) wants the U.S. Senate to cut its upcoming recess, where its current session would end after the first week of August and reconvene on September 14, to stay on the floor in hopes of passing the anti-voting SAVE America Act. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Sen. Lee wants to skip recess to save the SAVE America Act

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) wants the senate to skip its upcoming recess in hopes of passing the anti-voting SAVE America Act.

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Mitch McConnell hasn’t been seen or heard from in 6 weeks(!) in the hospital. Yet he still has a job, still getting paid, and getting unlimited world class healthcare. The man who voted against a living wage, against universal healthcare, and against guaranteed paid leave—is now getting all three.

Anyone want to play ARAM on League of Legends?

lots of reporters suddenly worried about slipping into communism but strangely f*cking quiet about slipping into fascism

Where’s Mitch?

We exist within an attention economy. What gets attention is what matters. If you support Universal Basic Income, then help it get more attention. That's why I post about and boost the UBI posts of others every day. That's why I write articles about it. Use my work to help. Make noise. Get loud. 📢

Scott Santens@scottsantens.com · last yr.

There's a lot of misinformation out there about the concept of universal basic income. If you want to be well-informed, follow me and learn about what we know from studies in this thread: bsky.app/profile/scot... Here's a UBI starter pack too: bsky.app/profile/scot... And here's a UBI 101 link:

Thank you to the outdoor industry for your quick response and standing up again for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante. Once again, companies across the outdoor community joined together to defend the places that inspire millions of people to hike, camp, climb, hunt, fish, and explore.