Barb Sheppard
@barbjoyshep.bsky.social
#AreYouListeningNow
Say NO to the school’s bill
Say NO to the school’s bill
February 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
#AreYouListeningNow
Say NO to the school’s bill
Say NO to the school’s bill
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Wealth, and the means to create it, is generated by everyone. Yet only a few benefit.
We all deserve more of the money that's being made every day. It's time for #ReGrowth
#LetsTryUBI
We all deserve more of the money that's being made every day. It's time for #ReGrowth
#LetsTryUBI
A universal basic income policy is simple yet transformative, writes Zack Polanski, deputy leader of the Green Party of England and Wales
If we fail to deliver real solutions – not just rhetoric but through policies that improve people’s lives – more demagogues will rise.
https://buff.ly/3ZNWkp8
If we fail to deliver real solutions – not just rhetoric but through policies that improve people’s lives – more demagogues will rise.
https://buff.ly/3ZNWkp8
December 29, 2024 at 11:08 AM
Wealth, and the means to create it, is generated by everyone. Yet only a few benefit.
We all deserve more of the money that's being made every day. It's time for #ReGrowth
#LetsTryUBI
We all deserve more of the money that's being made every day. It's time for #ReGrowth
#LetsTryUBI
Very apt in view of the imposition of new rules for home educating families in The Children’s Well-being and School’s Bill (UK)
In 2015, Utopia Of Rules was published and written by David Graeber.
This is an extract from that book!
This is an extract from that book!
February 3, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Very apt in view of the imposition of new rules for home educating families in The Children’s Well-being and School’s Bill (UK)
axisweb.org/blog/care-fu...
"I shouldn’t have to do five post-docs and amass years’ worth of self-funded, change-making social projects only to be rejected by the only organisation in the country that has the money to support my development."
#UBI NOW
"I shouldn’t have to do five post-docs and amass years’ worth of self-funded, change-making social projects only to be rejected by the only organisation in the country that has the money to support my development."
#UBI NOW
‘Care-fuelled Leadership’: an artist’s perspective
‘Painful scarcity of funding and opportunities means that we are all in a Hunger Games-type competition, whether we like it or not—and that doesn’t feel…
axisweb.org
January 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM
axisweb.org/blog/care-fu...
"I shouldn’t have to do five post-docs and amass years’ worth of self-funded, change-making social projects only to be rejected by the only organisation in the country that has the money to support my development."
#UBI NOW
"I shouldn’t have to do five post-docs and amass years’ worth of self-funded, change-making social projects only to be rejected by the only organisation in the country that has the money to support my development."
#UBI NOW
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We held a meeting with the economist Michael Hudson to discuss David Graeber's piece - Against Economics!.
For those who could not make it, you can see the full talk here.
youtu.be/_-rckzfdCNk
For those who could not make it, you can see the full talk here.
youtu.be/_-rckzfdCNk
Michael Hudson On David Graeber's Against Economics!
YouTube video by Institute of David Graeber
youtu.be
January 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
We held a meeting with the economist Michael Hudson to discuss David Graeber's piece - Against Economics!.
For those who could not make it, you can see the full talk here.
youtu.be/_-rckzfdCNk
For those who could not make it, you can see the full talk here.
youtu.be/_-rckzfdCNk
Reposted by Barb Sheppard
#OneHealth
"Bats have evolved unique immune system that lets them coexist with horde of otherwise harmful viruses. But when people destroy habitats & food & trigger changes in climate, the animals can no longer keep viruses in check"
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
"Bats have evolved unique immune system that lets them coexist with horde of otherwise harmful viruses. But when people destroy habitats & food & trigger changes in climate, the animals can no longer keep viruses in check"
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
How We Can Stop the Next Viral Pandemic
A new combo of climate and habitat crises, along with immune system stress, is driving more bat-borne viruses to afflict us
www.scientificamerican.com
January 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM
#OneHealth
"Bats have evolved unique immune system that lets them coexist with horde of otherwise harmful viruses. But when people destroy habitats & food & trigger changes in climate, the animals can no longer keep viruses in check"
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
"Bats have evolved unique immune system that lets them coexist with horde of otherwise harmful viruses. But when people destroy habitats & food & trigger changes in climate, the animals can no longer keep viruses in check"
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
Wendell Berry is known for his message that small-scale farmers are important for taking care of the earth and binding communities together.
January 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Wendell Berry is known for his message that small-scale farmers are important for taking care of the earth and binding communities together.
Reposted by Barb Sheppard
Reposted by Barb Sheppard
there are already people who have UBI, they're the billionaires
they're the ones who get government handouts
if it's good enough for them, why not the rest of us? they sure didn't earn it lol
they're the ones who get government handouts
if it's good enough for them, why not the rest of us? they sure didn't earn it lol
December 10, 2024 at 10:36 PM
there are already people who have UBI, they're the billionaires
they're the ones who get government handouts
if it's good enough for them, why not the rest of us? they sure didn't earn it lol
they're the ones who get government handouts
if it's good enough for them, why not the rest of us? they sure didn't earn it lol
Reposted by Barb Sheppard
Reason 122 for a basic income is unpaid domestic work:
In response to the claim that a basic income would involve no 'reciprocity', giving income for nothing in return, a legitimate feminist retort would be that, traditionally, men have been free-riders on unpaid domestic work done mostly by women.
In response to the claim that a basic income would involve no 'reciprocity', giving income for nothing in return, a legitimate feminist retort would be that, traditionally, men have been free-riders on unpaid domestic work done mostly by women.
Page 170, Chapter 8 might be it:
(Turns out alt text gives more room than responses. You learn something new every day...)
(Turns out alt text gives more room than responses. You learn something new every day...)
December 7, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Reason 122 for a basic income is unpaid domestic work:
In response to the claim that a basic income would involve no 'reciprocity', giving income for nothing in return, a legitimate feminist retort would be that, traditionally, men have been free-riders on unpaid domestic work done mostly by women.
In response to the claim that a basic income would involve no 'reciprocity', giving income for nothing in return, a legitimate feminist retort would be that, traditionally, men have been free-riders on unpaid domestic work done mostly by women.
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Green politics – from feminism to food waste: an interview with Natalie Bennett
As a student with an interest in the environment, food sustainability and politics, I jumped at the chance to interview Natalie Bennett
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environ...
As a student with an interest in the environment, food sustainability and politics, I jumped at the chance to interview Natalie Bennett
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environ...
Green politics – from feminism to food waste: an interview with Natalie Bennett
As a student with an interest in the environment, food sustainability and politics, I jumped at the chance to interview Natalie Bennett
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
February 18, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Green politics – from feminism to food waste: an interview with Natalie Bennett
As a student with an interest in the environment, food sustainability and politics, I jumped at the chance to interview Natalie Bennett
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environ...
As a student with an interest in the environment, food sustainability and politics, I jumped at the chance to interview Natalie Bennett
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environ...
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September 20, 2024 at 7:36 AM
I’m here to get away from conflict on other platforms. Send positive news ☺️🙏🏻