Andrew White
apw1970.bsky.social
Andrew White
@apw1970.bsky.social
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Academic/writer. Senior lecturer in Culture, Media & Creative Industries @ KCL. Researches: universal basic income; music streaming platforms https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/andrew-white?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaaeAGJcEV7tNvqEfnwkoZguqSbeZgNavTnSxJg4n
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A new class action lawsuit against Spotify alleges the company has “turned a blind eye” to “mass-scale fraudulent streaming” on its platform and that one musician in particular has been the beneficiary of “billions” of fake streams: Drake.
Lawsuit Against Spotify Claims 'Billions' of Drake Streams Were 'Fraudulent'
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Trump is not actually president. Who is running the White House? This pardon is legally invalid.
O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?

TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is

O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.

TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
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I loved everything about this production.
Good times! 👍
Just watched This House by James Graham.
I didn't realize @reecedinsdale.bsky.social was in it what an excellent piece of theatre sharp,witty,you learn so much about the whips.🎭

Please watch if you are a fan of Reece he is excellent a
powerhouse on the stage.

www.ntathome.com/videos/this-...
This House: Full Play
www.ntathome.com
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After a week of faffing around the @dailymail.co.uk have agreed to apologise. Here it is. Fingers crossed for fewer lies/smears dressed up as news in future
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As AI spreads across all enterprises, our divided societies will fracture further unless there is some form of distribution that shares the wealth.

My piece on Universal Basic Capital in the @financialtimes.com mes.com

www.ft.com/content/9b93...
Universal basic credit would create a fair AI economy
Predistribution, not redistribution, is needed to close the inequality gap
www.ft.com
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New on my Substack about how the election that just happened in the Netherlands may soon result in the Dutch attaining first place in the race for Universal Basic Income. What happened and why did it happen? Give it a read!
The Netherlands May Become the First Country With a Universal Basic Income
D66's Dutch election win was fueled by a universal basic income plan, backed by trials showing removing work rules boosts well-being without hurting employment
open.substack.com
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This just happened in the The Netherlands today. The centrist "D66" party, running on a platform that includes a universal basic income, won the most votes, positioning its leader to become the new PM. You heard that right, UBI is now a moderate position there and seen as a pragmatic solution to AI.
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Reporters (every day): are you seeking a third term

Trump: the constitution says I can’t run again, unfortunately

Reporters: but you could run for vp?!!!

Trump: sure but people wouldn’t like that, it’s too cute

Reporters: there have to be other ways sir. We will find them for you, stand by
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30,000 jobs *poof* gone, which would be fine if automation actually benefitted us all instead of just massively enriching a few soon-to-be trillionaires while depressing incomes for most everyone else. Both universal basic income and healthcare need to be part of our more automated future.

Or else.
Exclusive: Amazon targets as many as 30,000 corporate job cuts, sources say
Amazon is planning to cut as many as 30,000 corporate jobs beginning Tuesday, as the company works to pare expenses and compensate for overhiring during the peak demand of the pandemic, according to three people familiar with the matter.
www.reuters.com
A very good article here on the basic income and the particular benefits for musicians and other creative workers.
I was interviewed for an article for UBC (União Brasileira de Compositores) — Brazil’s non-profit collective management organization for music rights holders — about Ireland's soon to be permanent basic income for artists program. This is the English translation of the article written in Portugese.
Irish Government Proposes Basic Income For Artists
Irish government plans to implement permanent basic income program of €325 ($361) a week for 2,000 professionals in the creative sector; an expert backs the initiative The following is the English ...
www.scottsantens.com
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People who have come to the United Kingdom legally, played by the rules and made it their home do not need to “go home”. This is their home.

I've written to Kemi Badenoch to give her the chance to reject these divisive calls from her frontbencher Katie Lam.
Ireland's Basic Income for the Arts scheme's indefinite extension is a significant boon for Irish artists, and those fighting for better working conditions in the creative industries elsewhere. I have written about it here:
theconversation.com/irelands-bas...
@kingscmci.bsky.social #UBI #BasicIncome
Ireland’s basic income scheme for artists points at how governments could help sectors in crisis
It’s one of the first to make it out of the pilot stage and to offer a subsistence level payment.
theconversation.com
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this is obviously appalling - and he should lose his job - but it's also really quite shocking; I first met Calgie when he was a baby reporter in his early twenties and sure, he was always a Tory, but he was....fine and normal? right-wing radicalisation is out of control in SW1
A mainstream “journalist” calling for a British MP to be deported. Is it because I’m Muslim? Next time, just say it with your chest.
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HEY! How is everyone?

We need to be much more active over on this lovely platform.

So … last week's ep has just gone up. It's an asylum special with the amazing @loucalvey.bsky.social.

Get us on YouTube, Spotify and all other pod apps.

youtu.be/Fzd6LihWAkc

open.spotify.com/episode/3K5A...
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Great news, everyone! Looks like Ireland is making their Basic Income for Artists program permanent! This is after a recent public consultation that showed 97% support for the program.
Budget 2026: Basic income for artists to become permanent
The Basic Income for the Arts scheme will be put on a permanent footing in the Budget tomorrow.
www.rte.ie
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The other day, literally in 2025, there were high-profile, liberal-identifying media people still handwringing over the use of "deplorables" a decade ago in a campaign speech. When this staggering rhetoric, and what it leads to, is what we hear from the head of the US.
Trump: "The ones that are run by radical left Democrats -- what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. They're very unsafe places & we're gonna straighten them out one by one. This is gonna be a major part for some people in this room. That's a war too. It's war from within"
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Happiness, humour, truth and, most crucially, courage are the qualities needed to repel the racist tide.
Because its architects offer whining, victimhood, lies and, most crucially, cowardice.
Very good stuff from Sadiq Khan at the Labour Irish society event. He said there are two reasons he loves coming to Labour Conference.

“One is the reception at the Labour Party Irish Society reception.

“The second is to get away from all the Sharia Law in London”
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Fiery interview with Ed Miliband at Labour conference @lcefuk.bsky.social

Says “the stakes couldn’t be higher” in the fight with Reform

Says Musk is dangerous

Says Labour has to fight the battle of ideas and hasn’t done a good enough job on that so far
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Good god I hope so
The ever-impressive @iandunt.bsky.social speaks for many of us.*

* It looks like things might be starting to change at the top of the Govt since this was filmed.
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Labour had 9.7 million voters in July 2024.

2 million (20%) now don't know, but haven't chosen a rival. These prefer Lab & centre-left to right

2.6 million to centre/left (27%)
900k Labour to LD (9%)
800k Labour to Green (8%)
900k across others (9%)

800k Lab 2024 to Reform (8%)
A sliver to Cons