If we donโt see the progress of AI as a reason to start implementing UBI immediately, we are in for a world of hurt.
18.02.2026 22:58 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0@cosmopolitanrdw.bsky.social
Nomadic Cosmopolitan Afrikaner tannie living, working and studying in Canada. Lover of books, biltong, and afternoon naps. Kept entertained by my GenZ students. I have opinions. Interested in so much more than politics. ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ
If we donโt see the progress of AI as a reason to start implementing UBI immediately, we are in for a world of hurt.
18.02.2026 22:58 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Flat taxes are regressive! 15% tax hits a poor person MUCH harder than it does a rich person.
18.02.2026 19:28 โ ๐ 14 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0First they came for the editorsโฆ
18.02.2026 19:19 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0What? Thereโs a remake of 6th Sense?
18.02.2026 19:17 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Iโm no geneticist, but as far as I know ancestry can be traced either through matriarchal or patriarchal lines?
18.02.2026 15:37 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0โItโs noble legacy!โ So Marco, how did colonialism work out for Cuba?
18.02.2026 15:35 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0๐คฆ๐ปโโ๏ธ๐คฆ๐ปโโ๏ธ๐คฆ๐ปโโ๏ธ Exactly. But if you know the issues that are important to you, you can convince people who you think would be good advocates and representatives to run. Democracy is not supposed to be a spectator sport.
17.02.2026 15:42 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Fox, or CBS, or CNN, or the Washington Post, or the NYT, โฆ
16.02.2026 03:24 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I think the point is that people need to start thinking who the best candidate is NOW, long BEFORE the primaries, not just go with the flow or allow the establishment to pre-select winners. That best candidate might even be someone who is not thinking of running and who needs to be persuaded.
15.02.2026 23:14 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0There are few people who annoy me as much as past-me. Meanwhile, present-me is now furtively looking for a snickerdoodle scone recipe ๐๐
13.02.2026 21:20 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Does anyone know of someone tracking the mentions of Canadians or Canadian companies in the Epstein files? #CanPoli #Epstein #EpsteinFiles
13.02.2026 16:08 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0These are the people who fear-mongered on imaginary armed IRS agents, telling people not to be worried about the very real armed ICE agents!
13.02.2026 02:37 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Yes. If there are no consequences, it should not be as a result of our silence or disinterest.
09.02.2026 21:46 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Before Palin, I thought it was Michelle Bachman. And imagine my jaw-drop when I found out that Stephen Miller used to work for Bachman! ๐ฒ๐ฒ
09.02.2026 15:04 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Visceral memories of Apartheid era police telling us โYou have x-minutes to disperse!โ. The time given inversely correlated to the size of the crowd.
08.02.2026 20:43 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Yes. Also, a watch party.
08.02.2026 15:26 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0They really should have gone with The Glen Miller Orchestra. If they really needed to go woke, they could have added Louis Armstrong to the line-up. Maybe some Kenny. Rogers, not G.
07.02.2026 17:18 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0We know he didnโt โmake a mistake.โ It was intentional. And any apology from him is meaningless, because he feels no shame and no regret, he will gleefully do it again.
07.02.2026 01:24 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0With so many of the Epstein files now released, who in Canada is scrutinizing it to see which Canadians were involved in any of the crimes or cover-ups? Because given our proximity, I struggle to imagine it is nobody. #CdnPoli #EpsteinFiles
04.02.2026 20:05 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Actually, I believe there is a transgender woman mentioned in the files. She was an underaged victim of Epstein. She was 16 at the time, and she filed a complaint in 2007. She was vilified and ridiculed in the media.
04.02.2026 17:13 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Paris prosecutors raid the French offices of Elon Muskโs X as part of an investigation into spreading child pornography and deepfakes.
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02.02.2026 16:27 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 5And act as if Republicans got their voting restrictions bill passed! Start NOW to help people get birth certificates, passports, government issued photo ID, etc, and keep an eye on voters rolls for purges.
02.02.2026 16:24 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Which means nominating candidates that are fighters for people and fighters for change, not corporatist bootlickers who are just there to preserve โorderโ and the same-old-same-old and striving to be โbi-partisanโ with fascists.
02.02.2026 16:19 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The same ones who have Canadian flags on their cars and trucks to show us how patriotic they are!
02.02.2026 13:53 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Even if he does not get them to change their minds, he might get some to think just hard enough to become disillusioned enough to sit out the next election. Also, most people do have a tipping point, and who knows, he might just hit that point for a few.
31.01.2026 18:08 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Which will only be possible if we start taxing these big corporations and their billionaire owners properly.
29.01.2026 15:29 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0That explains soooooo much! ๐คฃ๐คฃโณ๏ธโณ๏ธ๐๏ธ
29.01.2026 15:26 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Wordle 1,684 3/6
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Most appropriate.
And then heโll just turn around and vote for ICE funding tomorrow, despite the fact that his wife is an immigrant, who at one time was an โillegalโ immigrant! Does he think they will never turn on her?
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