Use your words @useyourwords2.bsky.social · 2hMaybe all animal shelters should be cat cafes Maybe we make it a law that animal orphanages have cafes, and couches and the public can visit and spend time with the animals (if the animals choose) Maybe we make it a law 010
Use your words @useyourwords2.bsky.social · 5hThe first year engineers and psychologists sit with people as they go through the state apparatus The second year they get together and design it and build it The third year transition a quarter of the people through it and to give feedback However, all systems must fall back on real persons 100
Use your words @useyourwords2.bsky.social · 5hWe should have two years where software engineers renovate the entire system Temper it with psychologists and those with lived experience Make it open source and allow people to participate by submitting bugs, feature requests and issues on a place like Github #software #upgrade 000
Use your words @useyourwords2.bsky.social · 7hIf I was a politician I’d be posting bugs and features and obstacles 000
Use your words @useyourwords2.bsky.social · 7hIf I was a politician I’d be posting progress reports everyday 000
Use your words @useyourwords2.bsky.social · 8hYour life experiences are your lived experiences for your future 000
Use your words @useyourwords2.bsky.social · 8hOne thing other countries do to reduce poverty is give loans to everyone They have thousands of public banks and they give loans to start small businesses In the other cases banks rarely give loans for business but readily for property bc if the debtor defaults the bank gets a home for free Iiuc 100
Reposted by Use your wordsUBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 8hResearchers in Vancouver distributed $1M from 100+ donors to people experiencing homelessness. The results were mindboggling. 21% higher wages 40% more nights in stable housing 85% more savings after 12 months Direct cash works. 0115
Use your words @useyourwords2.bsky.social · 18hIs anyone using AI assisted coding successfully in game dev? Any good tutorials online? I would love to know if there are some AI assisted tools for things like Unreal engine #gamedev 082
Use your words @useyourwords2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Film industry: here are multiple harrowing tales of destruction about allowing AI too much freedom Humans: I will risk the future of all humanity if it means I make cute pictures of animals 000
Use your words @useyourwords2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Film industry: here are multiple harrowing tales of destruction about allowing AI too much freedom Billionaires: although I have billions already I will risk the future of all humanity if it means I make even a few more pennies because apparently nothing else matters 000
Use your words @useyourwords2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026People are just going to keep inventing new ways to scam each other if you take away their ability to survive on their own Instead, give people a basic income and wealth fund 020
Use your words @useyourwords2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026How can you make the right choices on the path of life when the map you gave them is wrong? It’s unfair and it’s wrong to blame someone for that! Consider vets who went to Vietnam’s or the Middle East countries based on lies that were made up 000
Use your words @useyourwords2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“Your choices are why you’re poor” 1. that’s only true if you live on an island without any other people who are making their choices that interact with your own 2. You lied. About religion about society about the economy - half what you said was true 000
Use your words @useyourwords2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Once everyone has UBI and CWF remind them that there is no more basis for scarcity mindset Cure chronic insecurity and remind people of that and see what happens If crime costs $5 trillion and causes emotional damage and UBI is $1-$2 trillion and healthier what would you choose? 022
Use your words @useyourwords2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026UBI is natures choice UBI is healthy UBI provides basic security which expands your mental bandwidth UBI gives people a sense of solidarity and security Not having a basic income is harmful toxic and harmful 011
Use your words @useyourwords2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The perverse incentive problems in capitalism are like wack a mole. You smack one mole and another pops up and it’s never ending INSTEAD (and really think about this), put a dish of food out and see if crime and perverse incentives go down UBI is a minimum income CWF is a share of prosperity 001
Use your words @useyourwords2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Capitalism has so many perverse incentives problems like exploitation, theft, slavery and crime The two problems: - scarcity (and scarcity mindset) - upward mobility If you cure those you prevent the other and for those experts say: - UBI - Common Wealth Fund 021
Reposted by Use your words💚🌏Myles🌏💚 @rainbowregionmyles.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Good afternoon rebels... 39536
Reposted by Use your wordsUBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A court in Hangzhou just awarded compensation after a worker was fired and replaced with AI. That's the point: if AI displaces you, compensation shouldn't depend on whether you can afford a legal fight. UBI is the universal floor. 094
Reposted by Use your wordsBrad Pitt Fighter @hillrat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Today would be a great day for the US Congress to begin working on UBI. 1327
Reposted by Use your wordsBasic Income Earth Network @basicincomeearth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026🧠 New series alert. We're breaking down basic income: what it is, who it's for, how it could be funded, and what it means for work and poverty. First up: basic income doesn't affect everyone the same way. Same payment, different effects. 👇🏾 185
Use your words @useyourwords2.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Along with all the political changes we need educational changes - what are rights - what are freedoms - what are liberties - what are commons - what are charters We need correct civics and correct economics and ethics 010
Use your words @useyourwords2.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Remember the Cares Act ($4 trillion)? The tax the wealthy crowd aren’t wrong but you don’t have to tax the wealthy to get the programs you need done The government can sign bills to create programs The funding sources for a UBI Wealth Fund can be added later one by one on an ongoing basis 010
Use your words @useyourwords2.bsky.social · 28/09/2026For much of history the goal has been to benefit the self or the tribe or the house In European history the goal was to benefit the lord or the crown later the church Settlers fleeing Europe settling or colonizing the Americas fell back to the goal of benefiting themselves 000
Use your words @useyourwords2.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The goals of individual is to benefit themself The goal of the group is to benefit the group The goal of society is to benefit the society 000
Reposted by Use your wordsDavid Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is from, Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology. David Graeber wrote the piece back in 2004. 09626
Reposted by Use your wordsJoe Lasko 🔞 @joelasko.bsky.social · 27/09/2026In a couple years there are going to be articles like, "Where did all this Irish Mozart's come from?!" 28430
Use your words @useyourwords2.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Poverty avoidance syndrome - the habit of coming up with excuse after excuse to get around having any responsibility for anyone else’s well being or to treat people unequally *can be renamed *Brothers keeper syndrome? 000
Use your words @useyourwords2.bsky.social · 28/09/2026How I imagine the 1% think: “We’ve made all this money… more than we can ever use or spend. What should I do with it? I could solve hunger, homelessness, cure illnesss, promote freedom and liberty, do good deeds and make history from it… …nah… I’m going to use it to make even more money” 110
Use your words @useyourwords2.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Not to be outdone but… “…the large enclosure of the commons in history has taken place…” …without any fanfare with the UNCLOST; the law of the sea They have taken 71% of the world’s surface… …they didn’t ask me or you or ask any of the commoners if they could take the commons…youtu.beGuy Standing: Inequalities of Rentier Capitalism. The Commons as the FutureYouTube video by RECET Vienna 010
Use your words @useyourwords2.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Social evolution: Biological or evolutionary changes that come from a society (not specifically from survival of the fittest) 000
Use your words @useyourwords2.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Religious reason one million for UBI: If we had a UBI it would be collectively fulfilling the command by Jesus to give to those who ask of you If you hate poor people this is an easy win for you. You wouldn’t have to be bothered. You could say to yourself, they have a UBI 020
Use your words @useyourwords2.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Jesus said in Matt 5:42, “Give to those who ask of you…” An example of what that means is in Acts 3:6 where Peter says, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk." 000
Reposted by Use your wordsUse your words @useyourwords2.bsky.social · 18/09/2026UBI is the mandatory requirement for basic necessities 👈 A Common Wealth Fund is a prosperity dividend for all our collective work and participation in society 👈 We all buy things, that kind of keeps the economy going ♻️ I don’t care if AI uses some of my stuff if I have the things above 👆 041
Use your words @useyourwords2.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Reminder that we all pay taxes …even if we don’t have a job we pay sales tax or someone is paying taxes on the food we eat on our behalf… UBI is a program like any other program that we need now We’ve paid taxes And now -We the People- want our taxes to be allocated for UBI now 020
Use your words @useyourwords2.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Do other countries besides USA have free mental health care? I mean free for all those with and without jobs 000
Use your words @useyourwords2.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Mental Health care like libraries are so important to the public well being that it should be made available to everyone I don’t know why this isn’t available already 000
Use your words @useyourwords2.bsky.social · 27/09/2026We need to update the definition of GDP We need a GDP 2.0 that includes things like unpaid care work UBI 000
Use your words @useyourwords2.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Giving pets the freedom to leave homes No more pet prisons…🧵🪡 👇 000
Reposted by Use your wordsTom Pogson @basicbc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The oldest reason for basic income is also its most contemporary. 011
Reposted by Use your wordsDavid Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 26/09/2026On Anarchism. 28131
Reposted by Use your wordsDoug Donut 🏳️🌈 🇵🇸 ☮️ @romanapple.bsky.social · 26/09/2026 I have had many extreme part time employees refuse to take on more hours when offered because they would lose all their benefits. UBI would help encourage unemployed to work more. 031
Use your words @useyourwords2.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Believing in a god is worse if you have a bad life. Because that means he’s there as a bystander while you are abused, harassed, neglected, cold, starving, homeless Whether he exists or not doesn’t seem to matter if he doesn’t do anything 010
Use your words @useyourwords2.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The first steps to changing this at the root is: - doing a UBI - a common wealth fund - both funded by AI, technology, lvt tax and return of % people’s taxes - doing what other countries suggest - anti price gouging laws - open commons - rights to survival - charter of where we are going 120
Use your words @useyourwords2.bsky.social · 26/09/2026“How much does that job pay?” “$ an hour. But with UBI it’s $$ an hour” “Easy sell. I’ll take it” 010
Use your words @useyourwords2.bsky.social · 26/09/2026“If you take a job you can still keep your UBI” is a huge selling point —You just gave every job a raise. People are no longer punished for taking work 171