iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 10h

The investigation at Kamloops began from the discovery of a child's tooth and juvenile rib bone. There was already a list of over 50 children who were confirmed to have died there from a combination of Church police hospital and government records. You can see their names: nctr.ca/residential-...

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Kamloops Residential School - NCTR

Learn more about this school in the NCTR Archives.

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Eric Doherty @ericdoherty.bsky.social · 10h

Such a nice day for the #orangeshirtday ride!

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Tom Pogson @basicbc.bsky.social · 11h

"UBI goes against human nature." Does it?

When we're kids we get it.
Studies on cooperation show
that our instinct is to try and be
helpful.
When asked "what do we want to
be" we have an answer too. We
tend to want to do in person,
active jobs in the community like
nurse, fireman or veterinarian.
Not that many say "nothing" or
"hedge fund manager".

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Tom Pogson @basicbc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"Oh we just have questions about Kamloops." Oh really? Well I just have "questions" about the IDF. No? Why do I feel like if, hypothetically their "questions" about Kamloops were answered they'd just have new "questions"? Weird how that works. Or not. It's about who's seen as fully human.

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Tom Pogson @basicbc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Neither Ai nor a basic income changes that. Both are more things we made, the latter helping us as a return of our investment. From there we can unleash further curiosity at scale without fear of the search being not successful or money-making. Basic income is curiosity fuel.

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Tom Pogson @basicbc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Thousands of years ago we were busy but didn't have "jobs". Thousands of years from now, hopefully we'll still be busy but may not have "jobs." We are a meaning finding, connection seeking, question asking people. It's just who we are.

From memes to view on Twitter:

Two panel shows a cave man with caption "just wanted to crack a nut"

Then next panel shows the International Space Station and the Large Hadron Collider.
Caption reads "But got a bit carried away."

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 28/09/2026

I'm not a fan of this format in general, but I think @andrew-yang.bsky.social did a great job here of making it friendly versus adversarial and explaining why AI is going to have fewer winners than losers, and why universal basic income is so important as a foundation.

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AI Realist vs 20 AI Optimists (ft. Andrew Yang) | Surrounded

YouTube video by Jubilee

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Tom Pogson @basicbc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Longer podcast but a really good one on the future of work and UBI with Dr. Larry Liu of Morgan State University: youtu.be/un5Lw8t-4mM?...

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Will Work Become Optional? AI, Universal Basic Income, and the Future of Society | Dr. Larry Liu

YouTube video by Terraverse Global - Digital Dash Podcast

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 28/09/2026

This is why it's such nonsense for anyone to say that with UBI, people will lose meaning. First, jobs aren't any source of meaning for many people with jobs. Second, the jobs people can't say no to are in the way of a getting a lot of meaningful work done. And third, the rich seem to find meaning.

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Ken Yang @kenjaminyang.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's literally a generational investment.

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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Universal training data. Universal dividend.

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Tom Pogson @basicbc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"Where we make our stand..." Carl Sagan We are better capable to tend to this garden that tends to us if we all feel part of what is, from the outside, one single human family in one perfect home. We do better when we trust each other up front as basic income pilots have shown.

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Tom Pogson @basicbc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

As someone with extended FN family, can we please finish the calls to action or at least acknowledge that this isn't some distant past? Standing by her I can tell stories first hand. Not distant. Not past. 3 days to the 30th. Because of course it is.

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Tom Pogson @basicbc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I like how one person described UBI as peoplemaxxing but yeah. Is necessary, was necessary, will be necessary.

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Tom Pogson @basicbc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Just digging in now but... @andrew-yang.bsky.social is on Surrounded talking all things Ai and UBI! 🤩🎉 youtu.be/020ZvO0FbMM?...

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AI Realist vs 20 AI Optimists (ft. Andrew Yang) | Surrounded

YouTube video by Jubilee

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Tom Pogson @basicbc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Some will say "yeah, but the overall pie grew." The question is, for who? bsky.app/profile/basi...

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Basic Income Action ↗️ @basicincomeaction.org · 27/09/2026

Since 1979, worker productivity is up 93.7%. Typical worker pay is up only 32.7%. The gains kept flowing, they just stopped flowing to the people generating them. Would a guaranteed income floor give workers enough leverage to close that gap, or is it too structural for UBI alone to fix?

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Tom Pogson @basicbc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Add the growth of technology and rentierism in that same time and you have the perfect storm, built up from over half a century. While not a panacea a progressively viewed basic income could both make up some difference while pushing back against keeping everything out of the way of market power.

In 1971 compensation and
productivity decoupled, stagnating
wages. The claim is the pie grew
for everyone forgets that
rentierism and neoliberal economics
ensured the growth all went to the
top.1 of 1%

Beneath is a graph overlayed on an image of a apple pie. It shows real GDP per capital to median wage from 1943 to 2023. From 1943 productivity (GDP per capita) wages and other lines on the graph roughly grow in lock step. Then in 1971 this split with the former climbing high and wages flatlining in real terms to present day.

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Basic Income Action ↗️ @basicincomeaction.org · 27/09/2026

Basic income isn't a handout. It's a fair claim on the wealth we all keep generating together. What would change for you if that claim were guaranteed?

Getting paid at the time doesn't erase the value you created. Infrastructure and institutions compound across generations, each builds on what came before and passes forward more than they were paid for. That surplus is growth. Basic income is an equal and fair claim on that ongoing surplus.

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Tom Pogson @basicbc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Basic income is a right that's reasoning has always been ethical, not instrumental. Tried dropping your email or using a flip phone? Everyone should be able to choose what world they inhabit, not one that continues to wrap itself around your essential needs as tech has. youtu.be/lLHl1_Sz7A8?...

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The Secret History of Big Tech (It's darker than you think)

YouTube video by Anna Bocca

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Tom Pogson @basicbc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

People might make the understandable mistake of linking UBI with these clowns "because they are all for it." Are they really? Or do they use it to sell how "great" they are. I've never heard of one attending a BIEN Congress. Last thing capitalists want is your power to switch off and walk.

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Tom Pogson @basicbc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I want people offline more. I want them to have more time to make connections offline to do things these guys can't control. So many platforms never had a "town square" or our best interests in mind. Of course they won't share the pushback.

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Tom Pogson @basicbc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The oldest reason for basic income is also its most contemporary.

Poverty didn't exist in the natural state.
Basic income is part of the compensation to ensure it remains that way.

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 25/09/2026

One of the most frustrating things about creating anything is spending weeks creating something that takes 20 minutes to consume, and people who may really enjoy spending 20 min that way not having that 20 min available. We live in an attention economy where someone has X hours for infinity options.

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Tom Pogson @basicbc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

They bring the steak I'll bring the 😴

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 25/09/2026

We need a constant drum beat for UNIVERSAL basic income that only gets louder and louder. Consider taking a moment each day to post at least one thing about the need for UBI, or to repost what others have posted. I do this every day. You can use my timeline as a quality filter to save time. ✊️

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Tom Pogson @basicbc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

These complex creatures are then thrown head first into a world of absolute conformity and judgement where you either win or lose and if you lose it can result in a cascading effect with but don't let it happen or we'll ostracize you? But no pressure? We can do better by each other than all this.

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Tom Pogson @basicbc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

There's things like the "Big Five" in psychotherapy which refer to attributes that we all have on a sliding scale where even the most upwardly mobile aren't perfect.

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Tom Pogson @basicbc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Ever watched allusionists like Derren Brown exploit our mental gaps? We are such complex creatures especially in our early years when we are incredibly receptive to emotions around us let alone trauma. The idea that we are always rational, logic based and complexity free is really wishful thinking.

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Tom Pogson @basicbc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Users are selfish and harsh" Well, yes, I imagine they can be. A former worker explained this one. They have to be because getting all obstacles out of the way is how they relieve the pain of addiction which helps treat some other originating pain.

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Tom Pogson @basicbc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'm working on a new blog that has me reading psychology. One thing that comes up often is how when you take someone who apparently "won't work" or is doing some other thing we deem wrong there's usually something else going on under the hood.

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Tom Pogson @basicbc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Her behavior towards welfare was just part of a larger picture. Most people on assistance don't want to lose what little they have and wouldn't risk it. To me it brings up a larger point about behavior overall as well.

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Tom Pogson @basicbc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Did you know: The "Welfare Queen" that started Reagan's neoliberal attack on the welfare state (later to be picked up by subsequent governments on both sides to this day) was based on a real person. But here's the thing: Last thing she was was "lazy". youtu.be/mr_8B1IzFFY?...

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The true story behind the ‘welfare queen’ stereotype

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

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Tom Pogson @basicbc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Old enough to remember when these same kind of goons intimidated people for wearing masks for trying to protect people.

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Tom Pogson @basicbc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

More and more tech eats away at the work done by people, including in work connected to the arts. The future of work is less and less the mass employment of the past. Our work got us to this. We should be better off in real terms, not just being able to see it as we scramble to find more jobs.

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Tom Pogson @basicbc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Get money to the people. Demonizing them for a situation that didn't exist when costs were lower is idiotic. They could trial a pilot right here. Foundations for Social Change already has proof of concept, saving the shelter system tens of thousands. They want your vote. Demand they think harder.

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Tom Pogson @basicbc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

the basic income in Ireland has resulted in an increase of economic activity. This is how it always has worked. Want a thriving downtown? Stock it with people with money to spend and somewhere they can call home. Go after the financialization that has inflated all important costs.

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