Brian W
@bwoerth.bsky.social
Big supporter of UBI. Long time Game Master and love to play most games. He/Him
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Just in NIH grants, It looks like beautiful Iowa City, home of the U of Iowa, will lose $71m in funding. That's almost $1k per resident. And that's before all the other cuts to SSA, FDA, etc.
Anyone in Iowa City that can offer more insight?
scienceimpacts.org
H/T to Prathima !
Anyone in Iowa City that can offer more insight?
scienceimpacts.org
H/T to Prathima !
SCiMaP
scienceimpacts.org
March 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Just in NIH grants, It looks like beautiful Iowa City, home of the U of Iowa, will lose $71m in funding. That's almost $1k per resident. And that's before all the other cuts to SSA, FDA, etc.
Anyone in Iowa City that can offer more insight?
scienceimpacts.org
H/T to Prathima !
Anyone in Iowa City that can offer more insight?
scienceimpacts.org
H/T to Prathima !
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Happy to learn that @jeffatwood.bsky.social is pledging $50 million in partnership with @give-directly.bsky.social to provide a guaranteed basic income of $1500/mo for 16 months to 1.800 people in rural areas in WV and NC. It's about time these programs got out of cities and into rural America! #UBI
The Road Not Taken is Guaranteed Minimum Income
The dream is incomplete until we share it with our fellow Americans.
blog.codinghorror.com
March 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Happy to learn that @jeffatwood.bsky.social is pledging $50 million in partnership with @give-directly.bsky.social to provide a guaranteed basic income of $1500/mo for 16 months to 1.800 people in rural areas in WV and NC. It's about time these programs got out of cities and into rural America! #UBI
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Based on 2025 poverty guidelines, a universal basic income would need to be set at around $1300/mo per adult and $450/mo per kid to essentially abolish poverty in the US. The net cost of creating such a poverty-ending UBI floor would also end the trillions a year we spend on all effects of poverty.
March 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Based on 2025 poverty guidelines, a universal basic income would need to be set at around $1300/mo per adult and $450/mo per kid to essentially abolish poverty in the US. The net cost of creating such a poverty-ending UBI floor would also end the trillions a year we spend on all effects of poverty.
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The math is that if Canada were to spend $3.6 billion more per year to reduce poverty with a guaranteed basic income, they would spend at least $32 billion less on the costs of poverty.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
New PBO Report estimates a Guaranteed Basic Income can reduce poverty by 40% nationwide at a net cost of just $3.6B/year and 1% impact on hours worked.
Poverty costs Canada $80B+/year.
Poverty costs Canada $80B+/year.
February 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The math is that if Canada were to spend $3.6 billion more per year to reduce poverty with a guaranteed basic income, they would spend at least $32 billion less on the costs of poverty.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
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Because Star Wars is trending, I just want to remind everyone that poverty is a Death Star and it would be a good thing to blow up with universal basic income.
May the Force Be With UBI
The Poverty Death Star Argument for Unconditional Basic Income
www.scottsantens.com
January 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Because Star Wars is trending, I just want to remind everyone that poverty is a Death Star and it would be a good thing to blow up with universal basic income.
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Companies in Germany spent a year testing a 4-day work week where hours were reduced by 20% but pay was not. Output remained at 100% or exceeded it. 73% of the companies plan to stick to the new schedule and the remaining 27% plant to tweak it or are still unsure.
euroweeklynews.com/2025/01/12/g...
euroweeklynews.com/2025/01/12/g...
Four-day work week success in Germany
Germany trialled a new four-day work week with great success, as 73% of companies will continue to only work four days out of the week.
euroweeklynews.com
January 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Companies in Germany spent a year testing a 4-day work week where hours were reduced by 20% but pay was not. Output remained at 100% or exceeded it. 73% of the companies plan to stick to the new schedule and the remaining 27% plant to tweak it or are still unsure.
euroweeklynews.com/2025/01/12/g...
euroweeklynews.com/2025/01/12/g...
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"For Democrats, this moment presents a golden opportunity—not just to campaign but to lead. Universal Basic Income (UBI) and an automation tax are critical tools for addressing the inequalities AI will exacerbate. Here’s why..."
There is a Reason why Facebook, X and Apple are Donating to Trump. They don't want Trump's Fingers on the AI scale against them. Democrats can use this to their advantage. Billionaires Vs. the Middle Class.
krassencast.com/p/ai-will-ch...
krassencast.com/p/ai-will-ch...
AI Will Change Everything: Why Democrats Must Fight for UBI to Save the Middle Class
As we hurtle into an AI-powered future, America stands at a crossroads.
krassencast.com
January 8, 2025 at 12:28 AM
"For Democrats, this moment presents a golden opportunity—not just to campaign but to lead. Universal Basic Income (UBI) and an automation tax are critical tools for addressing the inequalities AI will exacerbate. Here’s why..."
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"The cash seems to motivate participation in community work, while the community work catalyzes the impact of the cash. We saw this especially in the formation of a labor union among the garbage collectors participating in our experiment in India."
UBI 🤝 unions
theconversation.com/we-cant-beli...
UBI 🤝 unions
theconversation.com/we-cant-beli...
‘We can’t believe you would just trust us’: why social assistance shouldn’t come with strings attached
Recent experiments make the case for a paradigm shift in the provision of social assistance.
theconversation.com
January 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"The cash seems to motivate participation in community work, while the community work catalyzes the impact of the cash. We saw this especially in the formation of a labor union among the garbage collectors participating in our experiment in India."
UBI 🤝 unions
theconversation.com/we-cant-beli...
UBI 🤝 unions
theconversation.com/we-cant-beli...
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We need universal basic income. We have to at some point come to agree as a society that it's just bullshit to withhold UBI and instead spend more than UBI with worse outcomes. Same logic goes for single payer. We need UBI and M4A and affordable housing. This needs to be the fight. No more bullshit.
In Georgia, a mom facing eviction reached out to DFCS for help. They offered her nothing. Soon the agency took her kids away because of "inadequate housing."
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
When Families Need Housing, Georgia Will Pay for Foster Care Rather Than Provide Assistance
In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a WABE and ProPublica analysis found. Advocates say it would be chea...
www.propublica.org
December 31, 2024 at 1:57 PM
We need universal basic income. We have to at some point come to agree as a society that it's just bullshit to withhold UBI and instead spend more than UBI with worse outcomes. Same logic goes for single payer. We need UBI and M4A and affordable housing. This needs to be the fight. No more bullshit.
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Added two more pieces of evidence today that show how good Universal Basic Income is for health and how it can save us a lot of money that's otherwise spent extremely expensively on emergency care instead of much less costly prevention. Think of UBI as a vaccine. www.scottsantens.com/universal-ba...
December 31, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Added two more pieces of evidence today that show how good Universal Basic Income is for health and how it can save us a lot of money that's otherwise spent extremely expensively on emergency care instead of much less costly prevention. Think of UBI as a vaccine. www.scottsantens.com/universal-ba...
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Wow, I never knew he said this.
Jimmy Carter was ahead of his time—a man of unmatched kindness and integrity. Truly, he was too good for us.
Jimmy Carter was ahead of his time—a man of unmatched kindness and integrity. Truly, he was too good for us.
December 31, 2024 at 4:21 AM
Wow, I never knew he said this.
Jimmy Carter was ahead of his time—a man of unmatched kindness and integrity. Truly, he was too good for us.
Jimmy Carter was ahead of his time—a man of unmatched kindness and integrity. Truly, he was too good for us.
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I kept changing my mind which Carter cartoon i should go with. Here's all three.
December 29, 2024 at 10:02 PM
I kept changing my mind which Carter cartoon i should go with. Here's all three.
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so if I'm understanding the tech-bro position correctly, it's this
December 27, 2024 at 6:54 PM
so if I'm understanding the tech-bro position correctly, it's this
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Universal Basic Income saves lives. It is a life-saving policy.
A study of over 7 million people from 2000-2019 across 37 countries found a significant impact of cash transfers on all-cause mortality. Women's deaths fell by 20%. Deaths of kids under age 5 fell by 8%. The greater the amount and universality, the greater the impact.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 27, 2024 at 2:26 PM
Universal Basic Income saves lives. It is a life-saving policy.
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It’s scary as half of MAGA on X scramble to insist that Trump threatening Greenland is just a “joke” while the other half are bending over backward to rationalize why we must “own” and control Greenland. If you ever needed a clearer example of how misinformation breeds cult-like thinking, here it is
December 23, 2024 at 11:54 AM
It’s scary as half of MAGA on X scramble to insist that Trump threatening Greenland is just a “joke” while the other half are bending over backward to rationalize why we must “own” and control Greenland. If you ever needed a clearer example of how misinformation breeds cult-like thinking, here it is
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"Don’t shy away from talking about an automation tax that funds a Universal Basic income..."
Yes. Embrace UBI. Frame it as an automation dividend. Our data is the capital that trained AI. We deserve to be treated like stockholders. Pay us.
Yes. Embrace UBI. Frame it as an automation dividend. Our data is the capital that trained AI. We deserve to be treated like stockholders. Pay us.
Democrats If you are Listening...
This is how I see the future of the Democratic party. Do you agree?
krassencast.com/p/10-ways-de...
This is how I see the future of the Democratic party. Do you agree?
krassencast.com/p/10-ways-de...
10 Ways Democrats Can Win Big on Jobs, Tech—And Make Politics Cool Again
A Framework for 2026 & 2028
krassencast.com
December 21, 2024 at 7:59 PM
"Don’t shy away from talking about an automation tax that funds a Universal Basic income..."
Yes. Embrace UBI. Frame it as an automation dividend. Our data is the capital that trained AI. We deserve to be treated like stockholders. Pay us.
Yes. Embrace UBI. Frame it as an automation dividend. Our data is the capital that trained AI. We deserve to be treated like stockholders. Pay us.
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Just in time for the holidays, our partners at Humble Bundle have extended the Happy Birthday, Remaster! Bundle! Get everything you need to start playing Pathfinder and support ComicBooks for Kids!
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December 12, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Just in time for the holidays, our partners at Humble Bundle have extended the Happy Birthday, Remaster! Bundle! Get everything you need to start playing Pathfinder and support ComicBooks for Kids!
https://buff.ly/3UWSrfL
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Episode 7 of The Basic Income Show is now out. We recorded this one a week after the election, so it's mostly us talking about our takeaways. Towards the end we also discuss some UBI news stuff like a new study of Iran's UBI and USAID embracing cash aid.
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Lessons from Trump's Re-Election and Potential Silver Linings | The Basic Income Show
YouTube video by Scott Santens
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December 12, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Episode 7 of The Basic Income Show is now out. We recorded this one a week after the election, so it's mostly us talking about our takeaways. Towards the end we also discuss some UBI news stuff like a new study of Iran's UBI and USAID embracing cash aid.
youtu.be/oFMErD5r8L4?...
youtu.be/oFMErD5r8L4?...
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New study out. This one tested quarterly vs biweekly cash. The amount was $500/mo for 2 years (2021-23). 695 people got the money. FT labor didn't decrease. PT did on average. Effects varied by gender. Single mothers worked far more. Men who got it reduced their abuse of women by 36pp. CC debt fell.
December 9, 2024 at 6:02 PM
New study out. This one tested quarterly vs biweekly cash. The amount was $500/mo for 2 years (2021-23). 695 people got the money. FT labor didn't decrease. PT did on average. Effects varied by gender. Single mothers worked far more. Men who got it reduced their abuse of women by 36pp. CC debt fell.
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We all have a right to die, but we also all have a right to live. No government should help people end their lives without also helping them live lives worth living. No one should end their life because poverty seems like the worse choice. Universal basic income will help everyone say yes to living.
November 30, 2024 at 4:44 PM
We all have a right to die, but we also all have a right to live. No government should help people end their lives without also helping them live lives worth living. No one should end their life because poverty seems like the worse choice. Universal basic income will help everyone say yes to living.
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Lots of stories about how mass deportations will spike food prices and cause inflation. But as Tom Bonier noted, only one published before Election Day...
November 19, 2024 at 10:54 AM
Lots of stories about how mass deportations will spike food prices and cause inflation. But as Tom Bonier noted, only one published before Election Day...
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I try to make it easier to amplify posts in support of Unconditional Universal Basic Income by sharing what I think are the best ones to save you the time. You can help by sharing what I share about UBI. Grow your network too by following those who've shown their support for UBI.
#BasicIncome #UBI
#BasicIncome #UBI
November 16, 2024 at 2:42 PM
I try to make it easier to amplify posts in support of Unconditional Universal Basic Income by sharing what I think are the best ones to save you the time. You can help by sharing what I share about UBI. Grow your network too by following those who've shown their support for UBI.
#BasicIncome #UBI
#BasicIncome #UBI
This game is so close! Help fund it so we can have a cool Pathfinder 2e game! #pathfinder2e @paizo.bsky.social
www.kickstarter.com/projects/oss...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/oss...
Pathfinder: The Dragon's Demand
Experience the magic of digital miniatures in this vast, single-player, turn-based CRPG based on remastered Pathfinder 2E rules!
www.kickstarter.com
October 21, 2024 at 6:47 PM
This game is so close! Help fund it so we can have a cool Pathfinder 2e game! #pathfinder2e @paizo.bsky.social
www.kickstarter.com/projects/oss...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/oss...
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Today's a day that we as Americans are reminded of our great abundance. We have defeated scarcity. There's enough food for everyone to eat their fill every day and enough homes for everyone to have a roof. We simply need to better distribute access to abundance. We can with UBI.
November 23, 2023 at 4:32 PM
Today's a day that we as Americans are reminded of our great abundance. We have defeated scarcity. There's enough food for everyone to eat their fill every day and enough homes for everyone to have a roof. We simply need to better distribute access to abundance. We can with UBI.