New evidence in support of universal basic income. This is via the Rx Kids program that's going to babies for their 1st year of life. The $500/mo has led to a 32% reduction in allegations of maltreatment among infants compared to the control group. This has also been seen as a result of Alaska's UBI

We've created a simple tool so you can find out whether your local NHS trust is using Palantir's software and asking them to resist Wes Streeting's push to sign up for it. goodlaw.social/zr8w

Big Issue vendors are running their own micro-businesses. Here's how they sell the magazine to earn a legitimate income and make money

#OtD 1 Dec 1991 Anti-Fascist Action successfully stopped the neo-Nazi British National Party from holding a march in Glasgow. Fascists were confronted in the streets while BNP leadership were trapped inside a bar and forced to escape via the sewers stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8059...

Number of people who go bankrupt a year due to medical debt: Germany: 0 France: 0 UK: 0 Japan: 0 Norway: 0 Denmark: 0 Finland: 0 Sweden: 0 Italy: 0 Australia: 0 Canada: 0 Spain: 0 Portugal: 0 Iceland: 0 Netherlands: 0 United States: 530,000 Yes. We need Medicare for All — NOW.

In 2026 everyone should be considered automatically gay, unless you come out as straight!

Rhino, narrated by Tom Hardy, takes us to Borana Conservancy in Kenya, where the success of the species shows there is hope for its survival.

90 years ago today, the Clement Attlee era began after his election as Labour leader He says he will "show the country that without the adoption of Socialism, there can be no peace or prosperity for this country and for the world" He would lead Labour for the next 7285 days...

The tragic Hong Kong fire is still burning, yet 3 construction company executives have been arrested. Here in the UK, 8 years on from Grenfell - zero arrests.

Good write up by @resolutionfoundation.org www.resolutionfoundation.org/comment/is-w... welfare spending is expected to rise by just 0.1 per cent of GDP across the forecast period until 2029-30.

The economy as a house hold budget bullshit

"Anything we can actually do, we can afford" — John Maynard Keynes in 1942. "If we cannot afford it, we cannot do it" — Rachel Reeves in 2024. The government's budget is not like that of a household. Until Labour grasps that fact, it will keep running into economic brick walls.

Is welfare spending ''out of control''? Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP. That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️ buff.ly/s5mz97u

The real terms rise in welfare spending since 2019-20 comes from too major pressures - spending on pensioners, and non-pensioner disability and incapacity benefits. Real spending on non-pensioner non-health-related benefits has fallen by £1 billion in real terms during that time⤵️ buff.ly/s5mz97u

@andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social re @@resolutionfoundation.org outrangous comments that younger workers should be paid less- do other countries do the same and does it harm employment?

Tourist tax now.

Since 2011 the fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury £133 billion. This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more! www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME NOW!

Overall, 40 per cent of the borough’s population are living in income-deprived households – the third-highest rate in England.

Hackney also placed second for income deprivation among older people, with just shy of 55 per cent of the borough’s residents over 60 living in income-deprived households.

The report by the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government found Tower Hamlets had higher levels of child deprivation (71 per cent). And 64 per cent of children in Hackney are living in income-deprived households

Public transport is free in Luxemburg, Malta, Tallinn, Dunkirk, Cluj Napoca, Clemson USA… paid for by progressive taxation!

THIS ISN'T A CEASEFIRE! Israel has violated the so-called ceasefire agreement. At least 342 civilians have been killed in Gaza. ΤΑΚΕ ΑCTION This post includes a free email template - send it to your elected official today, visit www.humanti.org

THIS ISN'T A CEASEFIRE! Israel has violated the so-called ceasefire agreement. At least 342 civilians have been killed in Gaza. ΤΑΚΕ ΑCTION This post includes a free email template - send it to your elected official today, visit www.humanti.org

So far this morning Israel has bombed southern Gaza and killed at least two people. Ceasefire? What fucking ceasefire.

70% households in poverty, have at least one parent working. Work doesnt pay for so many.

The BBC here, reprinting a police press release. In reality, police officers unlawfully threatened antifascists with demands for personal details using powers under Exeter's Public Space Protection Order introduced to crack down on street drinking and "aggressive begging" www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Vote Conservative =you got an early death.

Today a mannequin (as well as human beings) was arrested for supporting Palestine Action

Lock Boris Johnson up now

The island nation of Trinidad and Tobago has found itself caught in the centre of a geopolitical power play, with bodies washing up on its beaches. 📩 Anushka Asthana reports from the Caribbean in our latest FourGround newsletter:

Jamal Khashoggi

Pigs don't want to become 'bacon'. Pigs don't want to become 'bacon'. Pigs don't want to become 'bacon'. Pigs don't want to become 'bacon'. Pigs don't want to become 'bacon'. Pigs don't want to become 'bacon'.

One of the illustrations of German botanical artist Maria Sibylla Merian, created on her pioneering 1699 expedition to Surinam, "Iguana and Coral Snake". Her scientific illustrations are renowned for their accuracy. #WomensArt

Shabana Mahmood and Keir Starmer would have deported Alf Dubs.

Incredible 78,000 people joined the @greenparty.org.uk in October alone

Madness

Our wonderful volunteer @helenld.bsky.social appeared on BBC Radio Gloucs yesterday, calling on the government and Health Secretary Wes Streeting to provide research funding and public health preventive action and messaging about #LongCovid

Nigel Farage has appeared on Question Times more times than he has visited his own constituency.

The Telegraph routinely spreads myths about a range of subjects - especially climate change. It has been forced to publish over 100 corrections this year so far. Yet it has the gall to lecture the BBC - and whip up a national panic - about journalistic standards

On the same day we remember the fallen, we also look to the future, an end of militarism, endless death, neclear weapons and a world of cooperation and peace.

If you want a near-instant pud of deep delight, I have news you can use: my martini-glass offerings (other glasses may of course be used) of speedily assembled, individually portioned tiramisù – aka Tiramisini – are - #RecipeOfTheDay! www.nigella.com/recipes/tira...