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Andrew White

@apw1970.bsky.social
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Academic/writer. Senior lecturer in Culture, Media & Creative Industries @ KCL. Researches: universal basic income; music streaming platforms www.kcl.ac.uk/people/andrew-white?f…

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Andrew White @apw1970.bsky.social · 3h
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/t...
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Is Universal Basic Income the Answer to A.I.-Fueled Job Losses?
For more than a year, The New York Times followed recipients of universal basic income programs, which Elon Musk and other tech leaders have promoted as a solution to A.I.-fueled job losses.
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenstroud.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
In Stroud today observing just how many police officers it takes to arrest 2 of our elderly friends for holding signs while sitting on a bench in a quiet corner.
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Joe Williams @joewilliamshistory.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thanks @puffmushroom.bsky.social and @basicincomeaction.org for hosting my documentary on UBI and AI! And thanks to @kairos.fm, where the programmes originally aired. #UBI #AI #economicjustice #progressiveeconomics @scottsantens.com
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The UK Daily Mail obviously did not like the results of its own poll. Its own graphic portrays 75% as less than 50%. #UKPolitics #Brexit #EuropeanUnion
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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Here's a parody about the price of gas having soared (with everything else) since the Iran war, called "Gasoline". It's adapted from the classic "Jolene" by the incredible Dolly Parton who sadly died a few weeks ago, but left an incredible legacy of music, generosity & heart ❤️ youtu.be/WhwPBlI4u0A
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"Gasoline" - Marsh Family parody of "Jolene" by Dolly Parton, on the rising cost of fuel & inflation
YouTube video by Marsh Family
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Claire Mitchell @clairemitchell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This was teamwork with 5 of us. Others will pick it up tomorrow. We’re up to 400 names now and still going strong. Thanks to every single one of you who have supported 🙌
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Dirk Moses @dirkmoses.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Regarding the #Naza film and debate about war crimes vs genocide, the debate has been underway for a while, based on the documentary makers research, I published this in July 2025 link.springer.com/article/10.1... People are beginning to understand the illusion of the war/genocide distinction.
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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ireland's artist basic income returned €1.39 for every €1 spent. They made it permanent. South Korea just announced plans to follow. Now Scotland too.
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Andrew White @apw1970.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Peep Show should be much higher
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 24/09/2026
Everyone, stop what you are doing. I've discovered there is a politician called Teresa May running for city council in British Columbia. And this is from one of her campaign videos. Never have two people with the same name had such different vibes.
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Joe Williams @joewilliamshistory.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Aristotle Kallis' new book "Iconic Fascism" (@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social). We discussed how symbols functioned as a crucial element of fascist violence, as well as the utility and shortcomings of the culturalist approach. @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/iconic-fascism
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Aristotle Kallis, "Iconic Fascism: The Excess of Destruction and Creation in Interwar Radical Right-wing Politics" (Bloomsbury, 2026) - New Books Network
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Joe Williams @joewilliamshistory.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The 3rd episode of "Reclaiming UBI" is now live on Kairos.fm. "Alternative Visions for UBI," explores how UBI could form part of a broader, more transformative and sustainable economic agenda in response to the inequalities and precariousness fostered by the digital economy lnkd.in/eYpmyFrr #UBI #AI
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Claire @clairepull.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Another woman on the right side of history being targeted with comments "suggestive of violence" by the thugs who claim to be "protecting women and girls". The RNLI exists solely "to save lives at sea". That is their purpose. ALL LIVES. When will this hatred stop?
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Ceredigion councillor faces 'hatred' online after sharing RNLI video
Elizabeth Evans, who shared a video of an RNLI training exercise, says the comments were "really, really bad".
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Ooh hullo
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
... believed disinformation, it was somehow disrespectful not to give it equal billing with real information. Instead of redoubling efforts to educate, they decided it was easier to entertain. They pretend their job is to just take the pulse, because it's easier than trying to save the patient. END
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Very nice to hear a sane voice from Piddington. Serious respect to this woman, who is apparently already being othered by more bigoted villagers.
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
share.google/AWA0QowotTF2... The RNLI is one of those institutions that make me proud to be British - join me in donating to show your support
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Politico: "Land agents Strutt and Parker reckon the proportion of “lifestyle buyers” of agri land fell to 11 percent in 2025 (down from 16 percent in 2024) as the proportion bought by farmers rose to 59 percent — a seven-year high."
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Anthony Dhanendran @dhanendran.co.uk · 07/09/2026
Yes, it's absolutely a sitcom from the start. People coming to it who hadn't seen Peep Show/TTOI were less likely to see it that way, but it 100pc is. Was pleased-annoyed the NYT published this piece, which did a good job of fleshing out a thesis I'd been mentally brewing, that it's Peep Show:
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How ‘Succession’ Turns Getting What You Want Into Hell (Gift Article)
The characters in HBO’s prestige hit let us set aside judgment and just marvel at how ardently, how comically, people will chase after the worst thing for them.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 05/09/2026
As gangs of masked men block Dover port, I will just leave this here www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Five Just Stop Oil activists receive record sentences for planning to block M25
Campaigners receive longest ever sentences for non-violent protest after being convicted of conspiracy to cause public nuisance
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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Farage's grinning response says it all. Every day Reform and its supporters reveal themselves for who they are and yet the media continues to treat them as just another normal political party.
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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
South Korea's 49th PM knew AI should fund UBI. This is common sense policy now that all technologically advanced societies should adopt. "I am considering the idea of combining the massive wealth that will arise in relation to the AI great transformation with basic income." UBI works.
The Chosun Daily headline reporting South Korea's prime minister proposed linking AI wealth to basic income.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
PM Mark Carney: "When the [USians] stop doing memes, stop throwing shade, stop trying to be tough, and start being serious about having those discussions, we can have those discussions." "It’s not constructive, but that’s their democracy." #cdnpoli
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Highlighting this to illustrate wider issue of people being outraged about the effects of policies they, themselves, advocate (Brexit furnishes many other examples). Ofc it's also factually untrue as regards care workers' dependents. And, yes, I know it's Pearson, don't @ me, just look at the likes.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 23/08/2026
I hope everyone caught this Lancet study confirming that Elon Musk & DOGE are responsible for genocidal levels of suffering & death.
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Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Makes perfect sense to me…
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
One of the first "outrageous" claims I saw as Jason Arday's media hounding unfolded was that he ran 30 marathons in 35 days! Wow! What a thing to claim! And the newspapers all suggested there was no evidence he actually did it. Well, they clearly didn't look very hard 🙄 🧵 1/26
Photo after Jason's final marathon taken from his archived blog showing Jason surrounded by supporters in orange charity t-shirts
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Dawn Butler MP @dawnbutlerbrent.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
We must be honest and take a long hard look at the structures that are supposed to protect us and establish whether they are fit for purpose. @misanharriman.bsky.social @ipso.co.uk @london.gov.uk #JusticeforJason
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Not to be some wild-eyed innocent, but I think it should be slightly bigger news that The Lancet have crunched the numbers and found that Musk's USAID cuts will kill 14 million people. And that's just by 2030. That's 9,600 people a day, every day, until the next world cup rolls around.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Something I’ve always encouraged my students to do is listen to one another. Talk to people who disagree with you. Talk to people with different life experiences than you. That was the goal with our latest film, THE WORK IN PROGRESS.
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Regional Studies Association @regstud.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
We are pleased to announce the publication of the 14th Policy Impact book, Cash in hand: basic income as regional policy, by Marc Doussard, Jurgen De Wispelaere and Joe Chrisp. Read more at www.regionalstudies.org/news/14-pi-c.... Link to the book: rsa.tandfonline.com/toc/rpim20/7/2
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Andrew White @apw1970.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Looks like Rodborough
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
My 'Morning', 'Afternoon', 'Evening' and 'Nighty Night' posts – with suitably dodgy or outright deranged Telegraph Opinion headline attached – started over 5 years ago. The idea was that the headline spoke for itself (or ranted for itself) so needed no elaboration. Hence the one word of greeting.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Paul Gilroy - once again - nails it www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 07/08/2026
It looks like South Korea is officially the first country to look at Ireland's hugely successful Basic Income for Artists experiment and go, "Let's also do that thing that works."
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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Exactly. Politicians and officials fixate on education because they think they can control it (they can't). But that's just one side of the equation, and a far weaker one. You can't fix supply first, then demand. Has to be demand-led.
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Pascal Jacquemain @jacquep.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I was attacked in Thetford riots for trying to do my job By Henry Durand www.edp24.co.uk/news/2644352...
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I've been attacked as a journalist twice in a year... I'm just trying to do my job
I was attacked for a second time in a year while covering the Thetford riots, here's what happened and why I'm going back.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I believe you can see this guy slowly realizing where Schiff was going.
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Basic Income Earth Network @basicincomeearth.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
A new article from BIEN looks back at the decade when UBI moved from theory to real-world pilots. Focusing on the period 2006–2016, the article traces how pilots in Namibia, India, Brazil, Switzerland, and South Korea transformed the policy. zurl.co/qE0cw
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Rather puts Grant Shapps being rejected as a Conservative candidate into perspective.
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Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election
Joshua Bonehill-Paine, creator of satirical Crewkerne Gazette, has convictions including for harassing a Jewish MP
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Joe Williams @joewilliamshistory.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Review of Andrew White's (@apw1970.bsky.social) excellent "Inequality in the Digital Economy." An interview with Andrew on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social (newbooksnetwork.com/inequality-in-the-digital-economy), and Andrew features on @kairos.fm "Reclaiming UBI": kairos.fm/reclaimingubi. #UBI
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Reclaiming UBI | Kairos.fm
Making the world's complex problems accessible.
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Andrew White @apw1970.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Delighted to see this largely positive review of my book on basic income by Nidhi Tandon
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Andrew White @apw1970.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Full article: Inequality in the Digital Economy: The Case for a Universal Basic Income www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Inequality in the Digital Economy: The Case for a Universal Basic Income
Published in Ethics and Social Welfare (Ahead of Print, 2026)
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Andrew White @apw1970.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
It's often the case with these types that they transition smoothly from "the climate crisis is a hoax" to "the climate crisis is real but it's futile to try to stop it"
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Amanda Ferguson @amanda.ie · 28/07/2026
And some wonder why I put together a quality, thoughtful women led, non Jeremy Kyle style, discussion for #feile26. Come join Claire Hanna, Claire Mitchell, Linzi McLaren and I on Thursday. More Claires than men, what?! All welcome.
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Andrew White @apw1970.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Yes, very good. Its description of labour conditions for delivery workers in China is also useful for thinking about how employees/workers are treated in similar situations in the UK
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I feel like the way of dealing with such behaviour is to look these people right in the eye and say, very gently, "You think your right to park matters more than homes these children?" Then when they reply just repeat it with slightly different emphasis.
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Hundreds slam proposals to turn car park into children's home in Bromley
Plans to build a children’s home on a car park in Bromley have been slammed by nearby residents who call the current parking situation “a…
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Another great debunk from the brilliant @monkemma.bsky.social. I don't know how she has the energy/ patience but it is a huge public service: monkdebunks.substack.com/p/heatwaves-...
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Heatwaves Caused by Fall in Pollution? Not really...
What a study on European warming actually found and how it got twisted into a climate-denial talking point.
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenstroud.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
This has to stop. Where is @ofcom.bsky.social ?
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
There is simply no ambiguity in what Elon Musk is arguing and endorsing here.
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