Respect to those who got here first.

My partner has cancer. Of all things to worry about, financial worries, especially income and medical, are maddening when you know there are tools for that not being used, a livable UBI and universal healthcare. I’m one of the people whose insurance is at risk in the shutdown fight. Ugh. 1/x

How would a basic income help you or a loved one?

I support universal healthcare and a universal basic income. If that makes me a radical leftist, so be it.

Anyone who thinks AI will run it's course I think is in a pipe dream. Big business doesn't give a rats ass and continue to utilize it to reduce their paid work force. It's going to impact everything from accounting,banks etc..add in robotics developing at a crazy pace , it's why we need UBI now .

I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world. This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵

Our beliefs about work are as deeply rooted as our beliefs about gods. We tend to worship both and question neither.

Number of days without a major distraction from the Epstein files: 0

Disabled people aren’t expendable. We aren’t “less than”. Disability isn’t a moral failing or a punishment. It’s a part of life. It will happen to almost everyone eventually. Instead of assuming you will be the exception, help us create better social supports. Commit to inclusion.

A Basic Income would help survivors get away and stay away. Knowing there’s consistent financial support means rebuilding after DV so much faster.

Day 1 of the government shutdown. Trump is planning to use the shutdown as cover to purge civil servants. Mass firing federal employees and dismantling agencies has been a long-time goal. Any shutdown layoffs are ILLEGAL. He has zero new authority to fire federal workers.

STEPHANOPOULOS: Hold on a second. Answer the question. As Speaker, do you believe it's appropriate to use American cities as training grounds for the military, calling those people 'the enemy within'? JOHNSON: I'm not comment on your characterization of what the president said. S: Those are quotes

Add to the My Dearest Suzanne file...We Knit At Dawn

Making sure people are ok is kindness. Basic income is kindness.

Mockler: So I think that it's embarrassing when the president goes out there and is saying that their countries are “going to hell.”

Reminder: Donald Trump is golfing as the government prepares for shutdown.

#TidesOutTuesday This old boat is a nest on the sea, it's our home afloat for you and me Though she stays close to shore, and ventures no more, She rocks us to sleep on the waves As the moon shines up above And the stars sing of our love She rocks us to sleep on the waves

Long before the pandemic era guaranteed basic income pilots began, we already knew unconditional income worked based on decades of evidence, but that doesn't stop today's wonks from picking out a few 1-3 year studies, uplifting them above all others, and leaving out some very important details.

"Project Elevate Boulder gave $500 monthly payments to each participant starting in 2023… The final report states that as a result of the project, participants said they can more easily pay for basic needs, were able to receive more education or training, and have stronger mental + physical health."

A NEW study of the Finland basic income experiment just dropped. Turns out psychotropic drug use decreased by 8 %–11 %, and incomes increased on average by 9% to 11% due to people not losing the income when they accepted a job, unlike traditional unemployment. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Virtually all articles critical of universal basic income that are based on some guaranteed income pilot result neglect to mention the results of any 'saturation site' pilots that actually make a point of testing universal distribution. UBI is universal, and universality tests never fail to impress.

The EU wants public input on how to fight poverty. Maybe let them know Universal Basic Income is the way?

Results in Alameda halfway through their 2-year test of $1,000/mo for 150 households. "After one year, Rise Up participants reported significant improvements in financial stability, mental health and sense of community, with no negative effect on employment." People going into debt dropped by 64%.

We have lots of long-term evidence about the impacts of unconditional income that go back as far as the Mothers Pension program where we learned decades later of the positive impacts it had on their kids. Interestingly, we even had a 20-year group of recipients in the 1970s that ended after 9 years.

I have a weird superpower that I used with my kids when they were little; doing cartoon voices. After shelling out $ for a Disney product one birthday, I did the “Greed is Good” monologue from Wall Street in Mickey’s voice. You hear it in your mind right now… makes more sense now more than ever.

UBI means dignity, not dependency. Across pilots, from Finland to Kenya to Stockton, studies show recipients spend cash on food, health, and business — not on “temptation goods.” (KELA + GiveDirectly + SEED summaries)

A medication I use for my diabetes suddenly became unavailable and was formulary. The company suddenly had shortages and just decided to end production. The healthcare labyrinth is likely to become filled with more of the the Minotaurs of supply chain issues due to tariffs and such. I contacted …

It’s amazing that the Republicans have all the study information in their records of a proposed bill for a basic income from the Nixon admin, yet ignore it. journals.law.harvard.edu/jol/wp-conte...

Tim Walz: "I'll tell you what doesn't make people feel safe -- a tank next to Chipotle. It's stupid and it's for the cameras ... where are the 'don't tread on me' people?"

UBI reduces stress. In Finland’s national pilot, recipients reported lower stress, better health, and higher trust in society. (KELA report)

Universal basic income would better enable parents to choose a job or unpaid care work at home. If you can't afford to pay for care and so quit your job to do unpaid care work at home, that's not a choice. And if you want to do unpaid care but can't afford to lose income, that's not a choice either.

New longread essay from me in response to the slew of recent hot takes holding up a few guaranteed income pilot results as some kind of nail in the coffin of universal basic income and even cash transfers in general. This is a long one because I dive into the details and cover much more evidence.

Universal Basic Income would improve mental health, reduce homelessness, reduce crime, and reduce drug and alcohol abuse. I'm not saying it would 100% fix all of these, but that it would significantly help with all of them as just one policy. UBI and universal healthcare are musts for our wellbeing.

Building it, but need more support.

“I’m afraid of going into the grocery store…” BASIC INCOME NOW.

Thank goodness for the courts that are standing up to the Russian asset occupying our White House.

Info on firefighter who was actively fighting a fire when ICE arrested him.

I think the most key point Stephen makes here is the preventive reality of UBI. The biggest impacts of cash appears to be when it comes to preventing or alleviating certain life circumstances. The reality of targeted programs and non-cash benefits is to miss those in need or only come after

So do they need the Russia Bungle to distract from the Epstein Files, or are the Epstein Files now needed to distract from the Russia Bungle?

"Defying common misconceptions, the results from more than 160 global studies of Universal Basic Income report positive effects on entrepreneurship, education outcomes, and wellbeing, with no detriment to people’s willingness to work." True story. Start UBI! www.themandarin.com.au/297523-preve...

I recently covered the publication of a meta-analysis looking at 13 unconditional basic income experiments. The researchers concluded that across all 9 categories they looked at, UBI improved the outcomes, and those who benefited the most tended to be children.

Hello fellow citizens. I’d wanted to participate more on this channel, but due to being a member of the precariat,this summer my partner and I have had to move three times. My partner had aggressive cancer treatment earlier this year. The cancer has come back. So, UBI and Healthcare for all… NOW!

NEW: Greystar, which manages nearly 950,000 apartments, has agreed to stop using “anti-competitive” algorithms to suggest rents. ProPublica previously showed how such software lets landlords set rents in a way that could result in cartel-like behavior. By @heathervogell.bsky.social

Now livestreaming episode 21 of The Basic Income Show! www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxLL...

This is why it's so goddamn frustrating every time someone claims that UBI is a bad idea because billionaires want it, as if that in any way reflected reality. WE WOULD HAVE IT ALREADY IF SO. They know it will mean more tax for them, and less power.

The NYT and WaPo are both utterly failing to meet this moment. I shouldn't have to publish something like this. That article about how poor kids really aren't helped by unconditional income to their parents was just disgusting and full of the shite opinions of far-right "think tanks" like Heritage.