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basic-income-now.bsky.social @basic-income-now.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Ps… thanks for your continual strong voice for UBI.

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basic-income-now.bsky.social @basic-income-now.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Thank you so much. I think of others at the brink with all kinds of situations like ours.

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basic-income-now.bsky.social @basic-income-now.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Bless you… thank you. We got a break yesterday as palliative care has now been activated and we’re getting help to manage his ever more complex pain meds. 👍

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basic-income-now.bsky.social @basic-income-now.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Ewww. Yesterday, I was cleaning my outside mirror and put my hand thru one. 😖

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basic-income-now.bsky.social @basic-income-now.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

That’s so great for people in those places. I have ancestry there and when they say this is the richest country in the world, I think of several states with chronic poverty that we ignore so often.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Respect to those who got here first.

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basic-income-now.bsky.social @basic-income-now.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

I’ve cared for another person with healthcare when I didn’t have it myself. It feels like erasure. It’s maddening knowing that person is dependent on you and you don’t have a net. This time, I have a chronic condition for which I cannot afford to pay out of pocket. I’m actually out of pockets.

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basic-income-now.bsky.social @basic-income-now.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

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

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basic-income-now.bsky.social @basic-income-now.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

I love how the Basic inspires volunteerism. That sounds awesome. 👍

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basic-income-now.bsky.social @basic-income-now.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Right now, imma unpaid family caregiver… so my wish would be to support the many modalities of care… on call… regularly helping support…. Full time maintenance, full time intensive… sandwich children and elder… multiple patients… caregiving while also disabled or with a condition. Love you all. ❤️❤️❤️

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basic-income-now.bsky.social @basic-income-now.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

What would you like to do in the community?

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basic-income-now.bsky.social @basic-income-now.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

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

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Canadian Resistance 🇨🇦🇪🇺 @cdnresistance.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

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

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Reg Schofield @rws63.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

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 .

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 05/12/2024

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. 🧵

OBSERVED EFFECTS OF UBI

No significant reduction in labor supply (38 studies meta-analysis)

Increased self-employment (301%) and part-time employment (17%)

Slight decrease in alcohol and tobacco use (31 studies meta-analysis)

New mothers extend their maternity leaves

Birth weights improve due to better maternal nutrition

Graduation rates and educational outcomes improve

Hospitalization rates decline (8.5%)

Crime goes down (15%–42%) especially illegal hunting (95%)

Domestic violence decreases (30%–51%)

Trust increases (13% in politicians | 6% in other people)

Home ownership rates increase (17%–26%)

Food security increases as does consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables

Improved cognitive functioning (43%) and personality traits (31%)

Savings go up, debts go down

Source: scottsantens

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 01/10/2025

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

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Rebecca 🦋 @rebecca79903973.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

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

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

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.

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basic-income-now.bsky.social @basic-income-now.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

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

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Representative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov · 01/10/2025

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.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2025

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

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basic-income-now.bsky.social @basic-income-now.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Didn’t they defund that already in the BIG Bad Bill?

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The McNinny @allthemcninnys.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

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

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basic-income-now.bsky.social @basic-income-now.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

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

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basic-income-now.bsky.social @basic-income-now.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

My gramma, third generation Irish immigrant where the women went to work as domestics said my whole life, “They want their servants back.” True.

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basic-income-now.bsky.social @basic-income-now.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

When’s his press conference about Heroin?

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

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

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basic-income-now.bsky.social @basic-income-now.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Malfunction.

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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

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

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basic-income-now.bsky.social @basic-income-now.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

What poor person is going to get that time slot formerly known as Kimmel’s?

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basic-income-now.bsky.social @basic-income-now.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

#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

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 23/09/2025

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.

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That unconditional income works is based on decades of evidence that only continues to grow. #UBI

YouTube video by Scott Santens

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Ron Cabucio @ylla351.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

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basic-income-now.bsky.social @basic-income-now.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Another cohort will be parents who stop giving their already-born kids Tylenol… just in case. 🤦🏽‍♀️

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 23/09/2025

"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."

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City of Boulder gave $500 a month to 200 low-income households. Here's what happened.

The project Elevate Boulder gave $500 monthly payments to each participant starting in 2023 after the city allocated $3 million from its  American Rescue Plan Act funds for the project.

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 22/09/2025

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...

Abstract

This study provides causal evidence that cash transfer programs have the

potential to alleviate the income-health trap in advanced countries. We analyze

the Finnish basic income experiment, which replaced the minimum

unemployment benefits with a guaranteed income for 2,000 randomly selected

unemployed persons during the years 2017-2018. The guaranteed income

removed all job-search requirements, but participants could still choose to

claim unemployment benefits and comply with related obligations. The

experiment also increased average income by 9%-11%, for two reasons: basic

income payments overlapped with benefits due from the pre-experiment

period, and basic income was not tapered against labor earnings. Using register

data on all prescription medications and secondary care visits, we find that the

experiment reduced psychotropic drug use by 8%-11%. Our results also suggest

a decline in outpatient mental health visits for secondary care. No effects were

detected for other health outcomes. Since most participants opted out of the

unconditionality aspect of the experiment and continued to claim

unemployment benefits, we attribute the observed health effects primarily to

the increased income.

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 22/09/2025

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.

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When it comes to universal basic income, the most applicable experiments involve 'saturation sites'

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 22/09/2025

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

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 22/09/2025

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%.

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Alameda’s Rise Up Pilot Shows Cash Aid Improves Financial Stability, Mental Health | KQED

A year into Alameda’s Rise Up pilot, low-income households reported stronger savings, reduced debt, better mental health and greater community involvement compared to those who did not receive monthly...

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