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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

💯💯💯 The human superpower is cooperation. Other animals live in family units, share resources, hunt as a group, use tools. But our collectivism is what got us where we are. Not barely-restrained compulsions to murder.

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 31/07/2026

This makes me furious. "One of the most surprising developments of the year is that Democratic National Committee insiders are poised to ban the use of ranked choice voting (RCV) in selecting the Democratic presidential nominee in 2028." And this is mostly because of one guy — Frank Leone.

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How Democratic party insiders may trump their voters on ranked choice voting in presidential primaries

Expand Democracy 3 Highlight Edition

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 29/07/2026

I haven't watched this yet, but it's both a documentary film and a 6-episode docuseries about Germany's UBI experiment that gave 122 randomly selected participants €1200/mo for 3 years. 89-min movie ($8): dokwerk.gumroad.com/l/big-dream-... 6x30-min series ($15): dokwerk.gumroad.com/l/big-dream-...

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THE BIG DREAM – MONEY FOR ALL | Official Trailer

YouTube video by DOKWERK

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 29/07/2026

Elatedly observe happier people

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Basic Income Earth Network @basicincomeearth.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

A new review of Nutrition North Canada is calling for a bold rethink of food security in Canada's North, including consideration of a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income. The review argues that high food prices cannot be solved through food subsidies alone. zurl.co/CeLga

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 28/07/2026

The kind of socialist that gives socialists a bad name are those who oppose UBI and say stuff like "In socialist society, we fully expect that people will continue to need to be incentivised to do work…" Yeah that's what wages are for. Pay workers enough to say Yes. Don't withhold UBI to prevent No.

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 27/07/2026

Unconditional basic income.

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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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CVJ @enuffsaysv.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

chuck.schulze Never a more true statement from this dingbat.

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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

The business case for basic income is overwhelming.

Charla Robinson president chamber commerce speaking; quote says basic income could simplify welfare and boost local economies

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Y'all are slipping on your "Don't reskeet obvious genAI memes" commitments.

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 20/07/2026

"AI advice suppressed judgment suspension from 44% to 3%, accuracy from 27% to 9%, while confidence rose from 30% to 76%. People trusted wrong AI answers." Meanwhile, people's attention spans are dropping because of less book-reading and more short video watching. Cool. Everything is cool.

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AI advice made people three times less accurate but twice as confident, researchers found

A study found that access to AI advice collapsed people's willingness to say "I don't know" from 44% to 3%, while accuracy dropped from 27% to 9%.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Learned about the "boywife" fad of Golden Age Hollywood films, today, which was spurred by the stardom of Jackie Cooper. In short, they were films where a preeteen boy spent the movie devoted to a grown man, maybe his dad, maybe not, jealous of any women, & cooking/cleaning/looking after the man.

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Basic Income Action ↗️ @basicincomeaction.org · 26/06/2026

What will it take for universal basic income to become a reality? Basic Income Action is about taking action—together. You. Me. Us. Every conversation, every share, every new supporter helps move us one step closer. What action will you take today? basicincomeaction.org/sharables/6a...

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Questions • Sharables

What will it take for UBI to become a reality? Basic Income Action is about taking action—together. You. Me. Us. Every conversation, every share, e...

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Xan @comicsbyxan.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I deserve universal basic income. I put a lot of work into being this basic

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

b r e a k f a s t s c a t

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Rorschach inkblot test: Old, outdated, boring, same few cards every time Your island in "Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream" 50 hours in: Your soul laid bare, spread-eagled for public dissection, should be admissible evidence for any tribunal determining your sanity

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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

thinking we maybe should have been a little meaner to the confederacy after the war

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 02/05/2026

"As a published writer and educator of folks who will never be paid according to the real value of their contributions to society, I think UBI can free a lot of us to... seriously consider a life of work that 'doesn't pay' in money terms, but adds so much in other currencies to all our lives."

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 25/04/2026

After reading this newest essay of mine, one of my readers said via email, "This is probably the best article I've ever read advocating for UBI. And one of the best you've ever written." If you haven't read it yet, please do. Maybe you will feel the same way. 🎲 www.scottsantens.com/the-angine-d...

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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 Two guys in papier-mâc...

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 14/04/2026

"The pilot participants who received assistance were given $1k in the first month and then $600 for the following 11 months. The results showed recidivism fell, and self-sufficiency and mental health improved, all resulting in net savings for taxpayers." AGAIN www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2026/04...

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 03/04/2026

The obvious question is to ask what is the point of the article. And the answer is means testing. By saying the rich don't deserve public goods it makes it easier to say someone just above the poverty line doesn't either. They want public goods to be shit.

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 01/04/2026

New bottom of my pinned mega-thread about UBI findings 👇

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 01/04/2026

🧵 Level-Up project results Location: Mount Vernon, NY Amount: $500/mo Participants: 200 Control group: 227 Duration: 1 yr (2023-24) Those ages 25-45 did more paid work (statistically significant finding) and those age 50+ worked less (not significant) www.guaranteedincomeworks.org/data-from-mo...

Income and Work
Level-Up had little or no effect on household
income but helped older participants move
towards retirement. Throughout the pilot and
afterwards, Level-Up participants and control
group members had similar individual and
household average incomes, but during the pilot
a smaller share of Level-Up participants’ income
came from paid employment. This suggests that
GI participants or their family members may
have cut back on paid work during the pilot to
focus on personal health, education, childcare,
and other household priorities, which is part of
the intended pathway by which GI may improve
household well-being.
In terms of working for pay, the effect of GI
on younger adults (ages 25-45) looked much
different than its effect on older adults (ages
50+). Younger Level-Up participants were
employed full-time more than their control
group counterparts, especially after the
pilot. Six months post-pilot, young Level-Up
participants were 22 percentage points more
likely to be employed full-time than were
young control group members (a statistically
significant difference). In contrast, GI seems
to have helped older Level-Up participants
move towards retirement. Post-pilot, older
participants’ full-time employment decreased,

although not significantly so. At the same time,
they were significantly more likely to say they
were retired or disabled (a single response
category on the survey) and were significantly
less likely than control group members to say
that they expected to find work, presumably as
a result of being retired.
In interviews with Level-Up participants, of
those who spoke about employment, most said
they did not change how much they worked
because of GI. These interviewees were all
parents of school-aged children, likely in their
prime working years. These interviewees
expressed various sentiments, including that
$500 was not enough money to allow them
to work less without struggling to make ends
meet or that they still want to earn as much as
possible to prepare for the future without the
extra $500. Some interviewees were able to
pursue career goals by using GI to improve
their career trajectory by taking courses or
obtaining additional certifications, paying
for childcare, or reducing other barriers to
employment.

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 31/03/2026

Just published this month's @itsafoundation.bsky.social newsletter. You'll find 7 links to read about recent basic income news you may have missed in the past month, and also a bonus highlight article and the latest about @comingle.bsky.social as it builds and tests a real weekly basic income floor.

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ITSA Newsletter: March 2026

Top recent happenings in the world of universal basic income (UBI) and the Income to Support All (ITSA) Foundation

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

After the White House complained about an unflattering photo of Karoline Leavitt, it was removed from AFP and Getty’s systems. This is the photo in question. Please do not repost it. 👇

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

And don't give me any shit about How Could We Afford This. Fuck you, this is the wealthiest country in the history of the human species. We could do ALL of this. We just don't want to.

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alexdrake.bsky.social @alexdrake.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Yeah... those are mostly Pre-LLM concepts. LLMs are probably a dead end. They look impressive, because they can look like they're talking and Humans think spitting out coherent language is a sign of intelligence, so a lot of money went towards them. They are actually very limited.

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 14/11/2025

Universal basic income is nothing less than a goddamn human right just as much as universal healthcare and education are. And I don't care if anyone works less because we should be working less. We should have shorter weeks instead of bullshit jobs. We have the productive capacity to meet ALL NEEDS.

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Team Having Fun @pandacourtmartial.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

For everyone that says "economists don't support UBI", you can shove it. I had never even HEARD of it until a *centrist* econ professor brought it up as a cool idea. UBI was literally invented and propogated *by economists*.

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 27/03/2026

Your reason to go to work with UBI would be because you are doing something you truly want to do or because your employer has agreed to pay you enough to get you to work for them free of coercion. Other options include choosing unpaid work or leisure/rest—which would drive up pay for everyone else.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

lol. You know it's getting bad when even the people curating/issuing the "30 Under 30" lists feel the need to address how many of their honorees are winding up in prison.

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FaceFirst @facefirst.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Universal healthcare Universal basic income Housing for all Affordable and reliable public transportation Like come on lads it’s not complicated ffs

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Team Having Fun @pandacourtmartial.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

So first off you start a thread where you racistly get hundreds of your followers to harass a black man, then you block literally anyone who even responds to you. Keep it up little guy, you are sure winning at life 👌

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

The realization you can just chop up any kinda-old-looking veg in the fridge and stick them in the pickle jar you ate all the pickles out of already, because that brine is still good

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a statue of a man with his arms outstretched and a lightning bolt behind him

ALT: a statue of a man with his arms outstretched and a lightning bolt behind him

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bill @bill-66.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Keep on talking about Jeffrey Epstein every day.

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Team Having Fun @pandacourtmartial.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

@kpmgus.bsky.social Would you care to explain why one of your Senior Directors recently assaulted Alan Ritchson? Is this the kind of behavior your subsidiary promotes, it's senior employees assaulting their neighbors?

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Team Having Fun @pandacourtmartial.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

If you have a problem with what "Chappelle Roan did" but you see no issue with Buckingham palace guards kicking children in the face, *you do not care about children*. You are a weirdo with a hate boner for gay women. Disclaimer: I don't even like her music.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

The internet, on scientists: They're secretive gatekeepers, they hoard esoterica/the truth, they don't want anyone in their ivory tower little clubs Actual scientists: LOOK, WE FOUND A 300 MILLION YEAR OLD FOSSILIZED CLOACCAL IMPRESSION AND THE VENT IS HORIZONTAL! PLZ READ MY 67-PAGE PAPER ABOUT IT

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Team Having Fun @pandacourtmartial.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

It should be moderately disturbing that the Secretary of the Interior is making mineral deals with a foreign country.

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Team Having Fun @pandacourtmartial.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

This is dangerously wrong, and regressive. @zkat.tech, you have literally no idea what you are talking about. UBI is literally the mathematical endgame of any progressive economic system. Literally show 1 example of a conservative supporting UBI. You are literally lying.

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Team Having Fun @pandacourtmartial.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Props to SNL for somehow being the only pop culture entity to get this completely right. youtu.be/fkKb3K8cxss

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Tourette’s - SNL

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Eva Lees 😈👧🎼🍂 @evalees.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

The response and actions by Davidson, Cumming, and the BAFTAs is clear: The comfort of white, disabled people is more important than the well-being of Black people.

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