A basic income program in central Iowa gave 110 people $500/mo. It caused improvements in savings, stress, and agency. It also found significant changes in scores relating to hope — the ability to create goals and feel capable of working toward them, and also increases in mattering and self-reliance
Researchers presented their findings from the Central Iowa Basic Income Pilot in Des Moines. Their study looked at how participants used monthly $500 payments, and how it affected their well-being and...
The never-ending experiment in how many times we can ignore the same results of a same study continues
Public transit ridership for the World Cup opener in Vancouver was the busiest Saturday since the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, according to @translink.ca. “The regional transit agency says there were over a million boardings as Vancouver hosted its first #WorldCup game.”
Getting ready to discuss copyright politicization, the most unpronounceable word ever conceived
there were so many good answers that i compiled them into a list for reference
The government says they’re tackling surveillance pricing (thanks to the NDP) but they’re not. It’s a smokescreen
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Notice this bit at the end of the article, and then read this article of mine next if it's new to you:
"Researchers were able to complete their study even though a 2024 state law prohibits local governments from participating in similar programs in the future."
The regional transit agency says there were over a million boardings as Vancouver hosted its first World Cup game
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🗽LOLGOP🗽
Brent Toderian
A basic income program in central Iowa gave 110 people $500/mo. It caused improvements in savings, stress, and agency. It also found significant changes in scores relating to hope — the ability to create goals and feel capable of working toward them, and also increases in mattering and self-reliance
“We have confused the categories we use to make sense of the world with the world itself.”
Jerrold McGrath,
In Praise of Disorder
NEW POST: Bill C-34's Social Media Ban for under 16s is Unconstitutional emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/bill-c-34s...
If you're sitting at your computer, smugly thinking "what's this jerk talking about, I can pronounce 'politicization' perfectly on the first try," just go ahead and try. Say it aloud!
The Foundation for Government Accountability - a Florida-based lobbying group backed by the richest 1% - is working to get basic income experiments banned by state legislators across the U.S.
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Researchers presented their findings from the Central Iowa Basic Income Pilot in Des Moines. Their study looked at how participants used monthly $500 payments, and how it affected their well-being and...
