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.
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Sam Altmanโs Basic Income Study โ 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
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
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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 :)
Those ubiquitous tip soliciting machines..
If you want to leave a tip leave cash.
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Restaurant workers demand tip protection
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Condemn Liberals for boycottingย Capitalย Pride
Send a letter to Prime Minister Trudeau and federal liberal MPs. As Canadians standing for inclusivity and against hatred and discrimination, we are deeply concerned ย that you and the ย Liberal Party of Canada decided not to participate in the Caโฆactionnetwork.org
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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)
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."
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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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A different perspective on housing prices. It's all about oil?
From Commodity to Asset: The Truth Behind Rising House Prices โ 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
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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
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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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.๐คฌ
@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.
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.
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#documentaries
#NuclearAccidents
#Chernobyl
#RBMK
#PositiveVoidCoefficient
#Pripyat
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The story of Alberta's endangered boreal #caribou
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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. Thereโs 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.
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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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