We're very pleased to announce the launch of our new UBI 101 Toolkit! 🚀 It’s designed to help you feel more confident talking about #UBI, sharing the big ideas behind it, and understanding the direction we’re heading as a network. Link to download and share 👉 www.ubilabnetwork.org/ubi-toolkit

UK air temperatures and soil temperatures are warming at the same rate climatelabbook.substack.com/p/monitoring...

At Opus, we’re in the process of moving our company savings to a more ethical platform with better interest rates. @sammgreg.bsky.social spoke to colleague Bashkim Muca about the thinking behind the switch, and what learning we hope to offer to other organisations devoted to systems change ⬇️

How can we re-forge our communities so they thrive? The @riverdonproject.bsky.social in #Sheffield is #Bioregionalism in action: #AI & digital mapping to curate care for the river accidentalgods.life/be-like-wate #AccidentalGods #Podcast w @jonnydouglas.bsky.social of @weareopus.bsky.social

Very kind Cuesta ‪@bajandoelpico.bsky.social‬, thank you 🙏

How can we re-forge communities of place, passion & purpose? The River Dôn Project in #Sheffield is #Bioregionalism in action: #AI & digital mapping to curate care for the river accidentalgods.life/be-like-wate... #AccidentalGods #Podcast w @jonnydouglas.bsky.social of @weareopus.bsky.social l

Such a privilege to talk about @riverdonproject.bsky.social with Manda. Our only path forward is one of mutually assured flourishing. Hopefully this collaborative build is beginning to create some of the alternative realities that get us there together.

❓ What does real accountability and trust look like in communities across Sheffield? How can we at Now Then use our platform and our skills as storytellers to build community power in the city? We want to hear from you ⬇️ https://loom.ly/hr8rKmk

A statement from Opus on the government's decision to proscribe @palaction.bsky.social. You can also read the full statement on our website, where all of our sources are linked. ➡️ weareopus.org/post/opus-te... #PalestineAction

This bonus episode is a raw, unflinching conversation recorded live at #Sheffield #FestivalofDebate by @weareopus.bsky.social with 3 of the most brilliant minds of our time: @kateraworth.bsky.social @indyjohar.bsky.social James Lock accidentalgods.life/brilliant-mi... #AccidentalGods #Podcast

#ThamesWater are gonna take £3billion of our money as a bailout and pay themselves bonuses!!! Imagine doing your job so badly that your company needs rescuing by the taxpayer and still getting 156% of your pay as a bonus!! Sign the petition act.38degrees.org.uk/act/thames-w...

Watching @kateraworth.bsky.social and @indyjohar.bsky.social "Care is the only thing that operates in complexity" Been banging on about this for years. So good to hear it said out loud.

"The economy is not just made up of the market and the state. In that boxing match we don't see the role of unpaid care work, the household, and the commons" – 'Doughnut Economics' pioneer @kateraworth.bsky.social in conversation with Indy Johar and James Lock at Festival of Debate. #FofD

Our collective statement following the Supreme Court ruling last week.

"In the current system, young children are seen simply as 'empty vessels' to be imprinted with the tenets of neoliberalist ideology, and pitted against each other rather than encouraged to creatively collaborate and co-operate" 📅 Challenging Neoliberalism in Early Childhood Education #FofD

In our three recent job ads, we failed to list our Equal Opportunities form and we didn't specify that we'll offer an interview to any disabled person who meets the criteria. We've extended the deadline for all three, as we're seeking the strongest and most diverse field possible 🧵 #SheffieldJobs

Newsflash! 🚨 We've got three really exciting job opportunities for anyone who wants to join our work furthering systems change in #Sheffield and beyond. First up, Operations Manager for the company (deadline: 30 April). Find out more about that one ⬇️ #SheffieldJobs

It can be tricky understanding all the projects at @weareopus.bsky.social and how they fit together. This wonderful (bias noted) episode of the #AccidentalGods Podcast gives a brilliant insight into from where, why and how things have grown and evolved ☺ accidentalgods.life/now-then-bui...

Join us today at 5pm in the Showroom Café, Sheffield for our #shAFF Talk - 'Exploring the Future Rights of Nature' FREE to attend www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2025-shaff...

#NotMyJoker 🃏

So much more than just an Adventure Film Festival. Can't wait for #shAFF 2025, back at the Showroom Cinema

BIG NEWS 🚨 Excited to announce our first headliner for Festival of Debate 2025! 💥 Kate Raworth is a "renegade economist" and pioneer of 'Doughnut Economics' – the idea that we can meet the needs of all while staying within our planetary boundaries. Tickets ➡️ festivalofdebate.com/2025/in-conv...

The Basic Income Movement hosted a briefing on basic income and regrowth to MPs in Westminster last week It was wonderful to have the chance to speak to MPs about why #UBI is good for the economy and society. We hope that MPs continue to explore the possibilities of basic income!

Artificial intelligence could help make UBI a reality 💷 But only if it's used well, writes UBI Lab Manchester's Alison Hawdale ⬇️ https://bit.ly/3EPsmdp

Join us at Kelham Island Museum for fæthm, an exploration of the cultural and environmental significance of the River Don 🌊 The free exhibition will debut a public art installation at Kelham Island Weir and artworks from Hallam artist-researchers. Find out more ⬇ www.shu.ac.uk/news/all-art...

Join the call to ask your MP to attend this briefing session on Basic Income and Regrowth at Westminster to help them understand the potential of Basic Income To show your support, click on the link! actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...

"There's something about water, isn't there. People go where the energy flows" New research by @sheffielduni.bsky.social student Oliver Eales explores how people who live and work alongside the Don relate to #Sheffield's biggest river. @sammgreg.bsky.social reports ⬇️ @riverdonproject.bsky.social

This is amazing. Via @nytimes.com

Northumbria researchers have joined forces with @ubilabnetwork.bsky.social to develop a new report proposing a pilot for a Basic Income in Greater Manchester. If taken forward, the pilot would initially involve hundreds of people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. 📰 Discover more:

Coverage in the @bigissue.com 📰⬇️ We believe this is the best way for @andyburnham.bsky.social to follow through on the commitment he made in his election manifesto: ▫️ "The logical next step, after the success of our Housing First pilot, is to bring forward a #BasicIncome pilot" #BasicIncomeMCR

Some coverage on our Basic Income for Greater Manchester scoping paper! manchestermill.co.uk/breaking-jos... aboutmanchester.co.uk/proposal-lau...

A fantastic piece on our Greater Manchester Basic Income scoping paper in @thenorthernagenda.bsky.social newsletters.e.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/Jjo9pSF2GPG-...

It's the foundation we need to tackle poverty, the mental health epidemic and environmental crises. It's the fertile ground struggling communities and economies can start to regrow from. It's the support people need to re-engage with society and work, so all four nations of the UK can flourish.

2024 really was an incredible year for us! ✊

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

Here, broken down into a thread, is a copy of my last post on X. 1. This is my farewell post. I am not deleting this account, as I don’t want to lose the archive, and I don’t want my name taken by imposters. But, for as long as Musk owns the platform, I’ll no longer use it.

🧵 Fire response budgets cut. Insurers on the brink of collapse. Calls for private fire fighters. Could these Hollywood wildfires be a TURNING POINT for climate action…? 1/7

Her full, eloquent explanation here: anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...

“As an editorial cartoonist, my job is to hold powerful people and institutions accountable. For the first time, my editor prevented me from doing that job. So I have decided to leave the Washington Post” — Ann Telnaes, after drawing this cartoon, which included the image of a supplicant Jeff Bezos

🚨 Just 4 days left to apply to join Opus as our Finance Coordinator! 🚨 We're on the lookout for someone with experience working in finance and administration who's interested in joining the Opus team - please share with anyone you know who may be interested! 👇

Wealth, and the means to create it, is generated by everyone. Yet only a few benefit. We all deserve more of the money that's being made every day. It's time for #ReGrowth #LetsTryUBI

'I thought about it in my head and I felt it in my heart and I longed for it to happen with all of my body and soul , but I made it with my hands.' — Rob Ryan

This message seems relevant now more than ever!

How do we care for the ecosystem and nurture the conditions for us to all thrive? Join @darkmatterlabs.bsky.social for Agreement-making with the Ecosystem: 'A walk along the River Don' 🗓️ Sat Dec 14, 9:45-11:30am 🎟️ Booking and details actionnetwork.org/events/agree... #RiverDonProject

The vast majority of humans are good at patterning. Here's an undeniable one! 1.5degrees is long gone, the consequences of 3-4degrees or more, are absolutely horrific🌎🔥 This is the invitation for all of our individual and collective greatness. WE ARE THE GENERATION to be 1-in-400years 'great'!

If money was redistributed from Group A to Group B...and everyone else?

Stable economic foundations make real change and #ReGrowth possible. #LetsTryUBI

Human nature is in reality rather different to what Neo-Liberals, Libertarians and Thatcherites claim it is.

Fascinating insights, wonderfully challenging provocations and moments of inspiration from @indyjohar.bsky.social as always. Essential listening for everyone 🎧