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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

UBI is the collective bargaining of the AI economy. It's no longer workers against employers -- it's humans against machines.

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Nik @nik-kun.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

AI is a model of society's data, and will disrupt how people get income. That is why it must be a Public Good. No automation without compensation!

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Nik @nik-kun.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Democrats misunderstand how to deal with AI. Even with a solid win in November, Trump will veto anything they try to pass. 2029 is the earliest Democrats have a chance at regulation, but by then the issue will move FAR beyond that. We'll need to think bigger, like how we'll implement an AI Dividend!

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 18/04/2026

This was a fun one for me to write. It's the Angine de Poitrine argument for universal basic income. We could have more weird, awesome, truly human stuff like this if we all had UBI. We could have more Einsteins too. And because those things are true, the cost of NOT doing UBI isn't worth it.

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The Angine de Poitrine Argument for UBI

Why Angine de Poitrine's viral microtonal math rock KEXP session, Ireland's permanent basic income for artists, and Albert Einstein are three sides of the same human triangle

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 05/12/2025

"We’ll provide a universal basic income if adequate-paying jobs are unavailable. Face it: AI will permanently replace many jobs. No family should be left in the cold. The universal basic income won’t be so high as to make families comfortable, but it will be enough to keep them out of poverty."

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What Democrats Must Pledge to America

Ten ways to make America more affordable

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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Pete Buttigieg says citizens should get a share of the value created by AI, like a dividend. "Why shouldn't we all get a share? Instead of it all going to a tiny handful of super wealthy people." UBI from tech funded by taxpayers.

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Viv @ Home @dizzybreak.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

ok but for real if you want to make a really good indie (or AA) games the number one way is "be financially comfortable via other means" blue prince guy owned a popular website generating income, toby fox was a successful musician... frankly if we had a UBI youd get SO MANY GOOD GAMES

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Alexander Avila @alexander-avila.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

I've spent the last half year investigating the nefarious interests behind the anti-AI Backlash. The results were surprising.

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Thorne 🌸 @ens0.me · 30/03/2025

The focus should be on implementing stuff like UBI, not trying to fruitlessly put stuff back in Pandora's Box. We should've had UBI even before all of this, and it's even more important now.

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 27/03/2025

I'm so sick of billionaires talking about how they're going to eliminate jobs without also talking about how badly we need universal basic income and what they're personally doing to make it happen as soon as possible. They already owe us restitution for decades of unshared productivity growth.

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 12/03/2025

It is no coincidence that so much of the US is poor, and the rich have gotten so rich. Stop looking down to find someone to blame. Stop looking at your neighbors to find someone to blame. LOOK UP. Inequality is destroying us.

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 22/02/2025

About those $5,000 "DOGE dividend" checks, if they actually happen, they're going to be more like <$200, and that's per household not per person, and none will go to the bottom 40% of households, which includes at least a third of all Trump voters. This is not even close to a UBI.

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What's the deal with the $5,000 'DOGE Dividend' checks?

Is it like a stimulus check, or a tax credit, or even universal basic income? Read on. On February 18, 2025, a man named James Fishback (an advisor to the 'Department of Government Efficiency') sha...

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RottedRoots @misanthropy057.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

My biggest argument for UBI is to just think of a world in which our survival needs are no longer locked behind labor. Less people trapped in abusive relationships. Less scamming as people don't need to wheel and deal for money to survive. Think of what we could create together

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 06/02/2025

A big justification for universal basic income is that if the real median wage had grown as much as productivity grew over this same period of time, all three lines would be near $50 per hour. UBI can be seen as a GDP dividend. Wages will never fairly distribute GDP growth. UBI can do it directly.

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 07/02/2025

Stop it. Enough. The tests for deservedness are wasteful and stigma-creating. No one cares what wealthy people do with all their passive income. Just provide universal basic income as a universal floor. Treat the poor and middle class like the rich. Let jobs increase total income. End welfare traps.

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Shan Kumar 🍁🇨🇦🇱🇰 @sraj81.ca · 31/01/2025

If you are a supporter of UBI, this thread is worth reading. I use to have my reservation about this, but the more I read and the facts I see about it, it's clear, UBI is not just about dignity but economic growth as well. #UBI #UniversalBasicIncome

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 27/01/2025

Enough dystopia. Just do universal basic income and tax the rich. Stop coming with ways of determining the deserving. Provide universally and tax those with high incomes more than they get. Done.

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Nik @nik-kun.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Stories like these are only going to become more & more commonplace from now on! We NEED to DEMAND an AI Dividend for All or UBI, NOW! AI exists thanks to a societal quantity of data collected from all of us, so it owes us all a return on that data-investment. If we don't, our economy will collapse.

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AI Made Me Jobless - Artificial Intelligence Is Taking Over Jobs - TikTok Rants #unemployment

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☆ Ryōmen Spookuna ☆ @onwinedarkseas.blacksky.app · 01/01/2025

Universal Basic Income and Universal Healthcare [and that includes dentistry wtf]. For EVERYONE. If you exist, you deserve these basic fucking needs met. Think about how much progress we could make as a society if these simple needs were met.

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Valentine (she/her) @valhayden.me · 28/12/2024

Yes, please! I want UBI more than almost any other social safety net. I mean, I want them all, yes, but UBI would be an absolute god-send for me. It would single-handedly solve my biggest stressors and enable my creativity like never before. I *crave* UBI.

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 21/12/2024

"Don’t shy away from talking about an automation tax that funds a Universal Basic income..." Yes. Embrace UBI. Frame it as an automation dividend. Our data is the capital that trained AI. We deserve to be treated like stockholders. Pay us.

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 20/12/2024

It should not be considered politically viable to even mention something like this without simultaneously talking about the need for Universal Basic Income. It should be considered political malpractice to leave UBI unmentioned.

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 18/12/2024

AI companies were never going to let IP laws get in the way. The demand needs to be for universal basic income as a dividend. We are all owed UBI for AI being trained on our data and our work. And this goes back generations even to AI trained on public domain works. medium.com/@GarAlperovi...

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Technological Inheritance and the Case for a Basic Income

One or another form of unconditional “basic income” has now been advocated by individuals ranging from conservative economists like the…

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 18/12/2024

WE'RE THE ONLY SPECIES WHO MUST PAY TO EXIST. In a private property system, where all the land was claimed by those with the power at the time, long we were born, and all we need to stay alive costs money, unconditional basic income is a BASIC 👏 HUMAN 👏 RIGHT 👏 to the resources we all need to EXIST.

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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

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 15/12/2024

"This systematic review synthesizes the current Universal Basic Income research…The findings indicate that UBI can help alleviate poverty-related stress, potentially leading to better mental and physical health outcomes through improved nutrition, more stable housing, and greater life satisfaction."

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Mark (Andrew) Witham ↗️ @puffmushroom.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

We deserve a universal basic income. Why? Because we’re all shareholders in the economy. If corporations can distribute profits to investors, why can’t the economy reward everyone who helps keep it running? It’s time for a federal UBI. #UniversalBasicIncome #UBI #EconomicJustice #FairShare

First panel (older man shouting):
“People deserve a universal basic income!”Second panel (younger man arguing):
“That’s socialism! You can’t just give away free money!”
Third panel (older man angrily responding):
“So what do you call corporate dividends?”Fourth panel (younger man yelling):
“That’s rewarding shareholders for their investments!”
Fifth panel (older man pointing intensely):
“WE’RE ALL INVESTORS IN THE ECONOMY!”

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Matu Mureithi @matuclouds.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

AI and automation are here. Its time for UBI.

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blaw @blaw.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Im in favor of AI employees replacing human employees if it means we tax the everliving shit out of businesses with AI employees to fund increasingly large unconditional UBI to everyone.

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Nik @nik-kun.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

"We must separate pay from work. No matter what we do, we will never again put all Americans who're capable of work, back to work. We have to establish the social principle, that a man is paid a decent wage whether or not this society can put him to work." www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-LR... #AI #UBI

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1963 Civil Rights Activist, Bayard Rustin, Discussing Job Creation

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

if one more person says that AI uses up fresh water i am going to have a fucking stroke

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