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Joe Williams

@joewilliamshistory.bsky.social
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PhD history researcher (University of Coimbra), censorship and propaganda in 1930s Portugal. UBI advocate. Learning a lot about digital humanities. Freelance translator. independent.academia.edu/joewilliam… www.joewilliamstranslation.com

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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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Basic Income Action ↗️ @basicincomeaction.org · 03/10/2026
Huge shout out to @joewilliamshistory.bsky.social for sharing his 'Reclaiming UBI in the AI Age' podcast on Sharables, our action platform for advocates! Find this and more of his work below. If it speaks to you, like and repost! Originally hosted by @jacobhaimes.bsky.social of @kairos.fm #UBI
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Reclaiming UBI in the AI Age w/ Joe Williams • Sharables
Joe Williams joins Jacob Haimes on Into AI Safety (Kairos.fm) to talk about how AI dismantled his livelihood as a freelance translator, whether this w...
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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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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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Basic Income Action ↗️ @basicincomeaction.org · 07/09/2026
Basic income is our share of the capital we all helped build.
It's a social media "screenshot" of BIA's earlier post.
"This Labor Day, ask where the returns on labor actually go. Basic income isn't about rewarding work, it's about making sure everyone shares in the wealth we all help create."
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Basic Income Action ↗️ @basicincomeaction.org · 06/09/2026
Should basic income be taxed, and if so, how? One of the most debated design questions in the movement. Open the comment below 👇
The UBI GUY EMOJI is pointing down at a post.
Jump into the basic income conversation—join us in the comments
Tap the post and join us in the comments
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Basic Income Action ↗️ @basicincomeaction.org · 05/09/2026
Capital moves upward by design. We all take part in it, but are denied the full merit of our returns. Basic income simply returns that capital to the bottom.
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Basic Income Action ↗️ @basicincomeaction.org · 02/09/2026
Don’t know how to help Universal Basic Income? Start simple. Search “Universal Basic Income” right now. Find a post that speaks to you. Comment on it. Like it. Repost it. That’s it. That’s the whole ask.
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Use your words @useyourwords2.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
“We actually have a word for taking something someone loved doing and paying them until they slowly stop loving it…we do…we call it a career” I don’t know how many graphic artists, writers and musicians have said the same thing to me I left school as a graphic designer because of that
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Basic Income Action ↗️ @basicincomeaction.org · 05/08/2026
Care work is still work.
Raising kids is work. Caring for a parent is work. Basic Income is the first policy that acknowledges both.

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 05/08/2026
UBI IS POWER TO THE PEOPLE widerquist.com/basic-income...
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Basic Income Action ↗️ @basicincomeaction.org · 04/08/2026
What actually counts as basic income? The most comprehensive definition — 7 tenets: universal, unconditional, uniform, individual, cash-based, periodic, sufficient. Read it here → basicincomeaction.org/about?tab=de...
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Definition | Basic Income Action
The seven-part definition of basic income: universal, unconditional, uniform, individual, cash-based, periodic, and sufficient.
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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
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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Joe Williams @joewilliamshistory.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I got my FCT scholarship! Fourth time's the charm, as they say (or will do from now on). A monthly wage for doing research, and your humble narrator is on the economy section of the gravy train for the next few stops... the jellied eels are on me! #history #salazarism #estadonovo #censorship
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Basic Income Action ↗️ @basicincomeaction.org · 29/07/2026
Show up. Speak up. Build economic security for everyone. That's the new Bold Action design system for Basic Income Action, an action network for UBI advocates worldwide. New site, new dashboard, new actions, new sharables, and more. Thread of screenshots below 🧵
Homepage: Dark navy homepage hero with headline "Show up. Speak up. Build economic security for everyone." over a scrolling ticker reading Organize, Mobilize, Show Up, Speak Up, Take ActionDashboard: Member dashboard showing a welcome message, personal activity stats (actions taken, events attended, petitions signed), an upcoming actions list, and a chapter activity feed
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Joe Williams @joewilliamshistory.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
"Reclaiming UBI" casts a critical eye on the dominant discourse to investigate whose interests these narratives actually serve. Is the #UBI we’re being sold a genuinely transformative proposal, or a moral alibi for existing power imbalances? kairos.fm/reclaimingub... #AIelites @scottsantens.com
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Tech Elies and UBI: Unpacking the Discourse | Kairos.fm
Is the UBI we're being sold a genuinely transformative, or a moral alibi for existing power imbalances? Joe gets behind the rhetoric.
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Basic Income Action ↗️ @basicincomeaction.org · 24/07/2026
The idea that people won’t work without pressure isn’t about human nature, it’s a justification: if work is framed as menial, coercion isn’t cruelty, it’s just “motivation.” Basic income simply puts us outside of their dependency
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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 23/07/2026
We exist within an attention economy. What gets attention is what matters. If you support Universal Basic Income, then help it get more attention. That's why I post about and boost the UBI posts of others every day. That's why I write articles about it. Use my work to help. Make noise. Get loud. 📢
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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 22/07/2026
"As part of our campaign for basic income pilots in England, we’ve worked with Burnham many times in his role as Greater Manchester mayor. He even delivered the keynote talks at our Basic Income North events in 2022 and 2023." Will Andy Burnham do anything to advance UBI now that he's PM? We'll see
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Joe Williams @joewilliamshistory.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
"Reclaiming UBI" casts a critical eye on the dominant discourse to investigate whose interests these narratives actually serve. Is the UBI we’re being sold a genuinely transformative proposal, or a moral alibi for existing power imbalances? lnkd.in/ePpnbc7A #UBI #AI #techelites #economicjustice
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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 28/06/2026
"The bigger reward is that he can choose what he spends his days and energy on with less concern for how much money it will bring in. 'That is the ultimate power,' said Keogh, who lives in Austin, Texas. 'I actually work more hours a week, but it doesn’t feel as much like work,' he said." It's UBI!
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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 19/06/2026
The AI Pledge for Humanity just hit 800 signers. If you support universal basic income, please add your name to help it reach 1,000 signers and beyond.
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The AI Pledge for Humanity
We all made AI possible. We all deserve a share of what it makes possible.
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Joe Williams @joewilliamshistory.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Just signed the AI Pledge for Humanity. The next time someone says AI will require UBI without doing anything about it, send them this. actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
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The AI Pledge for Humanity
I just signed the AI Pledge for Humanity and I want to tell you why. For fifty years, productivity has soared and wages haven't. Now AI is about to accelerate that pattern. The people building it say...
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IHC @ihchistory.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
No dia 9 de Junho, decorrerá o evento "Entre a democracia e o autoritarismo: capitalismo, coerção e repressão política na Europa, 1900-1975." no Museu do Aljube Resistência e Liberdade. ENTRADA LIVRE ℹ️ ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/events/entre...
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Joe Williams @joewilliamshistory.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
"Reclaiming UBI: Work and Values in the Age of AI," a three-part podcast documentary exploring one of the defining questions of our time: if AI is transforming how wealth is created, what does that mean for work, income and economic security? kairos.fm/reclaimingubi/ @kairos.fm #UBI #AI #work #tech
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Joe Williams @joewilliamshistory.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Karen Hao's "Empire of AI" interrogates the values of big-tech firms and explores the implications of concentrating such vast amounts of power and wealth in a tiny class of elites. newbooksnetwork.com/empire-of-ai @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social #AI #AIethics
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Karen Hao, "Empire of AI: Inside the Race for Total Domination" (Allan Lane, 2025) - New Books Network
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Joe Williams @joewilliamshistory.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Andrew White: "Inequality in the Digital Economy: The Case for a Universal Basic Income." We discuss why trickle-down economics and existing welfare models don't address current inequalities and the case for universal basic income newbooksnetwork.com/inequality-in-the-digital-economy #Economics#ubi
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Joe Williams, "Inequality in the Digital Economy: The Case for a Universal Basic Income" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024) - New Books Network
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Joe Williams @joewilliamshistory.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
I'm ruddily chuffed to have been accepted to present at IHC's "Fascism to Neo Fascism" conference with “From National History to National Destiny: Fascistising Narratives of the Nation in Salazarist Portugal,” focusing on the uses of history in Salazarism. #history #fascism @ihchistory.bsky.social
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IHC @ihchistory.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
#SaveTheDate: The #STEXEU project, funded by the @erc.europa.eu, will be publicly launched on 16 January at the National Library of Portugal! Everyone's welcome to join the conference and debate. ℹ️ ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/events/st... #EU_Funded #ERC_StG
Event poster on a black background titled “The Constitutional Road to Dictatorship: States of Exception and Authoritarianism in Europe, 1900–39.” The title appears in white and pink text at the top. Below, two large coloured blocks—a pink rectangle on the left and a yellow rectangle on the right—frame a list of speakers’ names: Aurélie Andre, Aristotle’s Kallis, Manuel Loff, Aliaksandr Piahanau, Rita Rato, Fernando Rosas, George Souls, Luís Trindade, Arturo Zoffmann Rodriguez. Near the bottom, the venue is listed as “Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal – BNP Auditorium,” with the date “16 January” and time “10am–7pm.” Logos of funding bodies and partner institutions appear along the bottom edge.
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Joe Williams @joewilliamshistory.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
The latest edition of Ler História, N.86 "Poderes e Contrapoderes" — featuring my article "Censorship and Sacralisation of Politics in the Portuguese Press — is now fully live: journals.openedition.org/lerhistoria/... @ucoimbra.bsky.social #history #EstadoNovo #censorship #Salazarism #media
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Joe Williams @joewilliamshistory.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
My latest episode for the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, with historian Anne Irfan on her recent "A Short History of the Gaza Strip", from @simon.schuster.press: newbooksnetwork.com/a-short-hist... #Gaza #history #newbooks @refugeestudies.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk
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Anne Irfan, "A Short History of the Gaza Strip" (Simon & Schuster, 2025) - New Books Network
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Roopika Risam @roopikarisam.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Here's a good use case for not reducing all AI to commercial Gen AI and writing off its value. www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
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Can A.I. Help Revitalize Indigenous Languages?
Indigenous researchers and roboticists are crafting innovative tools to help save endangered dialects
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Joe Williams @joewilliamshistory.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
I think I've crafted the most satsifying sentence of my thesis thus far: "In this rendition, the revolution was less a preordained manifestation of Portugal’s omnitemporal national destiny than a happy accident presided over by a reluctant assortment of uninspired bumblers." #history #EstadoNovo
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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 20/11/2025
"Palestinians experience the displacement of the 2020s genocide not as a singular event, but as part of a repeated cycle." Anne Irfan on the importance of writing Gaza's history.
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Writing history in a time of genocide
Anne Irfan asks, what does it mean to write the history of a place as it is being destroyed before our very eyes?
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Joe Williams @joewilliamshistory.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
I spoke to Hamid Dabashi about his book "After Savagery," on the moral crisis the destruction of Gaza symbolises and how liberated art and philosophy in the wake of this destruction may provide paths forward towards universal humanism. newbooksnetwork.com/after-savagery #Gaza #Palestine
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Hamid Dabashi, "After Savagery: Gaza, Genocide, and the Illusion of Western Civilization" (Haymarket, 2025) - New Books Network
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Joe Williams @joewilliamshistory.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
My latest publication "Censorship and Sacralisation of Politics in the Portuguese Press during the Spanish Civil War," is now available in the "First View of issue 87 of Ler História: Enjoy! #history #censorship #EstadoNovo #Salazarism journals.openedition.org/lerhistoria/...
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Joe Williams @joewilliamshistory.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
I'm delighted to announce that my article "Censorship and Sacralisation of Politics in the Portuguese Press during the Spanish Civil War," has been accepted for publication by Ler História (QI). I'm less pleased to announce that my freezer has stopped working. #History #Censorship #EstadoNovo
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Center for Digital Humanities @princetoncdh.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Have a lot of character flaws—in your scanned documents, that is? CDH Senior Thesis Prize winner James Zhang ’25 can help! Read our Q&A with James on the limitations of #OCR, using #LVLMs to analyze visual elements, and building his open-source tool #MetaScribe. 🏆
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Award-Winning Project Explores Optical Document Recognition (ODR) in Princeton Prosody Archive
Award-Winning Project Explores Optical Document Recognition (ODR) in Princeton Prosody Archive
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Monica Cure @monicacure.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Liliana Corobca and I gave an interview to @joewilliamshistory.bsky.social at Trafika Europe Radio on The Censor's Notebook (@sevenstories.bsky.social/@sevenstoriesuk.bsky.social), with a reading starting at 5:10. Always love introducing this ingenious book to new readers! bit.ly/censors-note...
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HistoryLab @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Our conference has kicked off! We were welcomed by History Lab's Chair @thomascryer.bsky.social, Director of @ihr.bsky.social @clairelanghamer.bsky.social, and Professor Neil Forbes from Coventry University who is delivering his keynote speech 👨‍🏫 Don't forget that you can join us online! 💻
Photograph of Professor Neil Forbes delivering his keynote speech titled about the twentieth century after the First World War.Photograph of History Lab conference programmes and Royal Historical Society bookmarks, leaflets and badges.
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Joe Williams @joewilliamshistory.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Here's my first academic article published in the Revista Portuguesa da História, examining the uses of history in Salazarist Portugal: www.academia.edu/142935704/_Year_X_of_the_National_Revolution_Salazarist_palingenetic_myth_in_the_Di%C3%A1rio_da_Manh%C3%A3 @ucoimbra.bsky.social #portuguesehistory
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"Year X of the National Revolution" -Salazarist palingenetic myth in the Diário da Manhã
This paper contributes to the debate surrounding the extent to which Salazarism constituted a fascist ideology by analysing the discourses in an edition of the Diário da Manhã-official organ of the Na...
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Joe Williams @joewilliamshistory.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
I can't quite put my finger on it, but something doesn't seem quite right here... #OCR #digitalhumanities #DH2025 #textualanalysis
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