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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-Altmaโ€ฆ

#ubi
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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.

https://ubiworks.notion.site/Sam-Altman-s-Basic-Income-Study-What-The-Facts-Actually-Tell-Us-1d1e3fc3224f4c16b3da0dba83769eb8


#ubi

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I'm at big name pharmacy, asking for a quick covid test because I have symptoms. The pharmacist tells me almost nobody has had any for a while...

Not even if you pay for it... Just unavailable. She tells me they treat it like something you take Tylenol for so no tests...

Outrageous

#Montreal #Quebec #Covid

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Hey I found one place in a 10 km radius that *may have some! They close at 4pm, obviously, so can't go today... Will check it out tomorrow because, obviously, they are closed on Sundays :)

#covid #quebec #healthcare



Those ubiquitous tip soliciting machines..


The tip may not even be going to the server.
If you want to leave a tip leave cash.
mediacoop.ca/node/119229

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Condemn Liberals for boycotting Capital Pride #boycott #pinkwashing #canpoli
actionnetwork.org/letters/libeโ€ฆ

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National and territorial weather records broken or tied this year



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Millions of us fell in love with that cute kid and his bird.

Fucking Israel killed them both....

#Gaza #Genocide #Israel #politics #StopIsrael #US

#DoSomething


@palestine group @israel group

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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/surโ€ฆ


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Latest casualty figures

There are faces behind these numbers...

@palestine
#Gaza
#WestBank

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itโ€™s very sad what is happening in the middle east you hear all these news reports .. I am all for self defence but not over kill โ€ฆ it look like that is happening..
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@eveleigh that is what is happening and now they are destroying the #Westbank it was NEVER about 10/7 Hamas or hostages. Just colonizers taking what is NOT theirs (oil/gas) just like before. #freepalestinefreetheworld

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Israeli forces are reported to be firing randomly at everything moving in the besieged Tulkarem refugee camp, according to Wafa, and have also besieged the Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital and the al-Israa Specialised Hospital.

@palestine
#WestBank
#hospitals

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First Nation of northern British Columbia. Canada blockades construction of yet another fracked gas pipeline


Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs are blocking a road that leads to a work camp for the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline, set to begin construction this weekend. Indigenous youth are at the forefront of opposition to the new fossil fuel infrastructure
thenarwhal.ca/gitanyow-hereditโ€ฆ
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His TikTok account was like a glimpse of light in the darkness of an ongoing genocide.


They killed him, but they could never kill his free spirit. His happy videos, his cooking videos and his funny videos about his life under Israeli bombings were one of the nicest ones I watched almost every day.

Fuck Israel and anyone still supporting it.


#Gaza #SaveGaza #StopIsrael #SaveTheChildren
#palestine #Israel #Politics #PeaceNow #StopTheWar #CeasefireNow @palestine group @israel group

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@murgen44

It seems to me some analog must have been occurring during the colonization of Africa and Turtle & Condor Islands. This grotesque behavior can't be entirely new.๐Ÿคฌ

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@DieMadColonizer @Murgen44 @palestine group @israel group

Imagine reading my post and the image and then comment like that.

I guess the problem with Israel is not just Netanyahu, but a large percentage of its population and millions of racist, christian Zionists and JewishISIS around the world.


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Chernobyl: Utopia in Flames, 2023
(Tschernobyl - Die Katastrophe)

The best documentary series on the Chernobyl 1986 nuclear disaster, based on archival footage and interviews with leading participants.

docuwiki.net/index.php?title=Cโ€ฆ

#documentaries
#NuclearAccidents
#Chernobyl
#RBMK
#PositiveVoidCoefficient
#Pripyat

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That time when I took a photo of the Orion nebula with my Pixel 4a that I got for free from Aaron and installed CalyxOS on it :). Of course the photo is taken through my telescope, but still is quite impressive. #orion #nebula #nightsky #astrophotpgraphy #pixe4a #calyxos

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The story of Alberta's endangered boreal #caribou


There is no political will to curb the resource extraction (oil and gas we should never burn) in what's left of the caribou's habitat. So instead a brutal wolf cull keeps the herds alive for now, while millions of dollars are spent on research and data gathering to give the appearance of concern.
thenarwhal.ca/woodland-caribouโ€ฆ
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As someone with Palestinian heritage who is vocally against the destruction in #Palestine, I get an extraordinary number of pleas for help. All of them heartbreaking, and unfortunately, many of them are scams. Thereโ€™s a lot of work tracking down which are legit. (I may do a post on how to research gfm pleas)

That said, I would like to introduce you to Nour and Nagham, doctors and sisters on the ground in #Gaza, who founded and lead the globally supported initiative, #PALHumanity. They have been distributing aid (primarily diapers, menstrual/hygiene kits and formula). Because they go to where people are sheltering, the IDF has almost killed them multiple times as they continue to shell schools.

If you want to donate to Palestinians who are making a difference, please consider supporting these sister doctors.

gofund.me/0c4a7f62

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Moonrise last night. 2 evenings of a frustrating low cloudbank thwarted any shots prior to this one!

#Moon #IsleofWight #FreshwaterBay #IsleofWight #LandscapePhotography #AvailableLightPhotography

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