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JUST FUCKING GIVE PEOPLE SHELTER!
Don't like tent encampments under the overpass? Give them a safer place to put tents! Don't like trash and sanitation issues? More public disposal services, and public sanitation spaces!
"They ask "where's your warm clothing" and...that's the first thing they take."
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Canada's largest-ever tech funding round
$1B Series C for Toronto self-driving car company Waabi, led by Uber ex-chief scientist & UofT superstar Raquel Urtasun
"Robotaxis are going to be much safer than human drivers"
Driving is the most common job for men
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03.02.2026 09:01 β π 15 π 6 π¬ 2 π 1
Of course air works. Of course food works. Of course money in a world where money is required for life works. Basic income works.
03.02.2026 10:26 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Good further source on the subject of inflation:
www.scottsantens.com/17-key-varia...
"The question becomes do I make money or do I not make money?"
youtu.be/7k5ND1P0ZuI?...
throw down on a fixer-upper or something. A landlord wants a building full of reliable renters and a basic income better ensures that.
02.02.2026 19:49 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Also a market economy doesnt just stop because of a basic income system. People, even in renting, are still consumers and want the best price with a basic income that goes where you go. You'll still be looking for better options and they know that too.
As Yang said you could also combine UBIs and
About the "rents will just rise" thing.
Most basic incomes accompany either a "guaranteed income" clawback up front or a "UBI" tax after so unless you volunteer how much you get how much would you be charged
www.scottsantens.com/how-to-calcu...
If you think of universal basic income as just "more money," you aren't understanding it and what makes it so different and effective. The fact it comes at a regular frequency is a key factor. When you know that whatever happens next month, you can still buy food, that's a huge deal.
It's STABILITY
Scotland pushing to introduce a Basic Income for the Arts based on the impact of the Irish pilot scheme.
www.thenational.scot/news/2581400...
Cash would have helped me leave.
All forms of violence increase with economic inequality, including domestic violence and femicide/murder of women. Every man who perpetrates mass public violence starts at home.
Policing can not help; a guaranteed livable basic income would.
#cdnpoli
universal basic income would literally save lives. why are we still pretending poverty is a personal failing instead of a policy choice?
31.01.2026 06:14 β π 59 π 25 π¬ 4 π 1
Why do pundits say that AGI+UBI="Dude, Where's my Meaning?"
Is it because of what meaning has been attached to?
basicbc.wordpress.com/2026/02/01/w...
Universal basic income could be used to soften hit from AI job losses in UK, minister says
29.01.2026 09:10 β π 147 π 37 π¬ 25 π 27
A monthly basic income for artists working in Scotland? What a marvellous idea @heraldscotland.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2580...
Am ADHD as well (part of what makes this little project tick along) and not only does this thread resonate but it shows how opening up work options with basic income might not be so bad.
Also "we'll be lazy" to one of us is literally nuts.
www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/s/QLi...
Study after study shows that what happens when program requirements get stricter and apply harsh work requirements is that people just stop getting the benefit. There is no employment increase as a result of the requirements. All that's happened here is more people are suffering which is their goal.
30.01.2026 15:19 β π 99 π 40 π¬ 7 π 2
Heard of "Nudge?"
This kind of neoliberal crap is the basis of it.
Oh, and it fails every single time.
youtu.be/PondnqlEaoA?...
Why is work seen as a good in itself?
The "work ethic" has a pretty blood splattered history.
basicbc.wordpress.com/2025/10/14/j...
The simple truth has always been, it's cheaper and simpler to help people.
Give people universal healthcare, give them a livable UBI, provide housing and utilities, give them food and education. Safe transportation too, public and private. No means testing, just "Here you go, live well."
How to unf**k the economy
This finance expert says tax land. It taxes unearned gains without punishing productive work. Land rents are effectively a tax on the next generation and workers.
This is how to unf**k Canada
youtu.be/m9EF1FmzYv0
Inspired by:
youtu.be/_XvpfMGab70?...
We need to switch from from a extractive system of economic rents to a circular system of investment. It's the people whose work got us to this place in history. Trust in them.
The current system is linear resulting in a stagnant pond of economic rent seeking.
Basic income makes the circle, keeping things flowing back through communities again.
βDashing from a lecture, to a bar job, to the library β¦ thatβs not a good enough offer.β
Shelagh Fogarty feels for university students these days.
