Basic Income study: What was the effect of giving 1000 poor people in Texas and Illinois an extra $1000/month?
I'm not usually a fan of Sam Altman, but this is something cool he funded.
This study gave 1,000 people in Texas and Illinois $1,000/month over 3 years and collected large amounts of data on employment, health, housing, schooling, time use, entrepreneurship, and more.
The results are remarkable, a very strong argument for universal basic income.
ubiworks.notion.site/Sam-Altma…
Sam Altman’s Basic Income Study — What The Facts Actually Tell Us
Basic income ended poverty, with minimal impact on work beyond single parents. People took risks to find better jobs, retrain, and escape abuse.www.ubiworks.ca
Those ubiquitous tip soliciting machines..
If you want to leave a tip leave cash.
mediacoop.ca/node/119229
Restaurant workers demand tip protection
Tens of thousands of servers in restaurants and cafés across Canada rely on tips to survive. Restaurant front-of-house staff are almost always paid minimum wage, and the extra 15 to 20 per cent can mean the difference between paying the rent or skimp…The Media Co-op
National and territorial weather records broken or tied this year
Unprecedented number of heat records broken around world this year
Exclusive: In 2024, 15 national temperature records have been set as weather extremes grow more frequent, climate historian saysJonathan Watts (The Guardian)
A piece of "trivia" everyone should take note of about the Baltimore Francis Key Scott bridge collapse
I have long wondered how automatic windows replacing manual were ever approved for safety windows as they make the vehicle into a death trap if the electrical system fails
Six construction workers were drowned while taking a break in their vehicles when the bridge collapses. Two survived, one in serious condition when rescued The other....
"He survived because his window was manual. He was able to roll down the window and escape."
abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/sur…
The Baltimore bridge collapsed three weeks ago. Here's the latest on the clean-up, the FBI operation, and a tale of survival
It's been three weeks since Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed under the impact of a wayward cargo ship. In the midst of an FBI investigation, a remarkable story of survival has emerged.Jessica Riga (ABC News)
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17->23 "-e merge" woes
A different perspective on housing prices. It's all about oil?
From Commodity to Asset: The Truth Behind Rising House Prices – Economics from the Top Down
Houses are getting more expensive. In this post, I look at the reasons why.Blair Fix (Economics from the Top Down)
First Nation of northern British Columbia. Canada blockades construction of yet another fracked gas pipeline
thenarwhal.ca/gitanyow-heredit…
Canadians - Sign petition to halt explosives for Israel deal
Stop the Contract: No Canadian Weapons to Israel
I just signed the petition to Stop the Contract. No Canadian weapons to Israel: www.leadnow.ca/stop-the-contract/?source=sharefbLeadnow.ca
#flower
#nature
#science
#ghostorchid
Super rare ghost orchid rediscovered in UK
An ultra rare flower has been spotted in the wild, for the first time in more than 20 years in BritainBBC Newsround
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We are already seeing some motorhomes :D - they are very expensive for our budget, but we will buy one, one way or another. Move there, call it TROMhome, travel, make videos, continue the work on TROM, meet more people, go to events, spread the word.
I will also do a donation campaign for the motorhome in case anyone wants to help out :D. Mind you we do a lot of free stuff so any help to buy a motorhome, is a help to allow us to maintain these projects and do more of them.
Campaign: end of the next month.
Motorhome: maybe end of this year or sooner. I hope.
TROMhome Peertube Exclusive video series :D : maybe starting next month. I would like to take you on our adventure even before we buy the motorhome. Could be interesting.
New TROM stuff? I hope in parallel to start to publish some new books/articles starting next month- I hope!
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Je suis heureux d'apprendre que vous avez su vous entourer. Seul.es et isolé.es, il est beaucoup plus dûr de tenir face à ces administrations (et ces groupes politiques) qui cherchent à tout prix à nous silencier.
Bravo à vous de tenir bon! Vous avez tout mon soutien!
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Vous ne devez rien à personne. Ni aux compagnons qui vous ont soutenu, ni aux autres victimes.
Vous avez le droit de quitter la barque, de passer le flambeau. D'autres s'en saisiront sans aucun doute.
Votre vie continue, et elle ne se limitera pas à cet engagement.
Bon courage pour cette nouvelle année scolaire!
Sororalement,
#metoo
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Weekly progress report 3
G2PPhone
codeberg.org/MorsMortium/G2PPh…
- Tweaked camera housing 3D print, sent for reprint
- Added image of device
- Merged contribution: Removed blue glow from device image
- Added backplate model
- Contacted laser cutting companies for the backplate model
Setup
codeberg.org/MorsMortium/Setup
- Added blender-breezedark-theme-git, yt-dlp
- Added Syncthing to autostarted apps
- Replaced wallpaper
gtk3-nocsd
codeberg.org/MorsMortium/gtk3-…
- Create issue: Remove goto statements
LBRY-GTK
codeberg.org/MorsMortium/LBRY-…
- Review contribution: Windows compatibility improvement
Contributions
- Open issue: github.com/Nheko-Reborn/nheko/…
- Open issue: github.com/friendica/friendica…
- Open issue: github.com/friendica/friendica…
Contributions, donations welcome.
liberapay.com/MorsMortium/
Am I Alone ? videos.trom.tf/w/mHgu6vnDpATfB…
More timelapses I did with my Pixel 4a. I wonder, at times, am I alone?
#astrophography #nightsky #sky #timelapse #nature #telescope
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When I post a photo on my Pixelfed account it automatically goes to my Friendica account, and then also to our TROMnews Photos :) - the power of activitipub and RSS. That's how the internet should be!
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@Chris Were 🐧📰🌱☕ and @uoou, wonderful Freebooters chat about not talkin linux! I really enjoyed that, thank you.
/cheers \m/
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The story of Alberta's endangered boreal #caribou
thenarwhal.ca/woodland-caribou…
Canadians
douglascoldwelllayton.ca/defen…
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