Francis Markham

VCs are “not interchangeable” with people who run banks or mining companies ... “Yet the current approach prices them as though they could walk into the C-suite of a listed company – a fiction that drives pay packages ever higher.”

@marijataflaga.bsky.social and @francismarkham.bsky.social

Blocked and reported

Yeah, not really a UBI in the sense that U stands for universal or unconditional

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Worth remembering that SEAM was abandoned by the federal Coalition government not just because of human rights concerns.

But also the evaluations showed that it "didn't work" in terms of creating the outcomes that the government wanted to see.

This dead policy should not have been resurrected.

If it was properly designed it would not but clearly people will freak out about this

If there was ever a source of random variation suitable for establishing casuality without experimental random assignment, surely the weather is it.

Artists routinely write grant applications and occasionally fellowship applications. So pretty straightforward in practice.

Budget 2026: Basic income for artists to become permanent The Basic Income for the Arts scheme will be put on a permanent footing in the Budget tomorrow.

If we are thinking about alternatives to intellectual property, Ireland's Basic Income for the Arts seems like a model worth considering. www.rte.ie/news/budget-...

The lesson we should be taking from LLMs is the immense social value there is in having all kinds of material - all kinds of products of human intellectual labor - freely available online. They should be reminding us of the early utopian promise of the web.

Wild

What was Rudd's net popularity during that first half of 2008?

They have good taste

2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

an elegant weapon for a more civilized age

i'm shook

Imagine staring straight into Australia’s mess of a tax and transfer system and deciding the solution is… higher EMTRs. Genius.

RIP to one of the greats

Ty

Is this about the income averaging validation leg or something different?

Have you heard that Andrew Hastie likes Shakespeare though Travis??

Sad

I've noticed some pods have a whole bunch of ads at the very back. Presumably nobody who is awake and not driving actually listens to those

Just speculating, but maybe it's the falling asleep listening audience? You get to wrack up the ad listens?

Way to ruin my day

vince mcmahon react dot jpeg

Sickos yes dot jpeg

unhinged monetary policy philosophy. honouring rba’s commitment to full employment requires them to create more unemployment

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

It's known as the Snowgum Clause.

According to leaked documents reported by Ben Abbatangelo earlier this year, the Australian Government Solicitor advised cabinet in 2015 that there was a medium to high risk that the CDP breached the Racism Discrimination Act.

I expect a payout in this class action is highly likely.