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Urban Farmer Madison, WI System Science / Structuralism De-Growth / Post Scarcity Steady State Economics ALL GROUP IDENTITY IS BIGOTRY. The strongest form of social control is limiting one’s sense of possibility.

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Lightbulb Sun @msr1977.bsky.social · 9d

Just saying…

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 9d

Erika works 8 hours a day harvesting raspberries on CAs Central Coast. She shares, "I must be very careful to only harvest the ripe fruit. This careful selection means that only the best quality berries are packed and shipped to the supermarkets for you to eat." #WeFeedYou

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Luke Diaz @lukediaz.bsky.social · 9d

Red-crowned Crane at the International Crane Foundation around Baraboo, WI. It's a really great place to visit.

Red-crowned Crane hunting in a shallow bit of water. You can see The reflection of another crane in the water.

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 9d

This is why UBI is so important.

What We Need to Truly Thrive: Democracy and Unconditional Basic Income (UBI)

The text below is a speech I wrote for a keynote in Ireland for DemCon 2018. The PowerPoint I created for it is also available here [https://www.slideshare.net/ScottSantens/unconditional-basic-income-...

www.scottsantens.com

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 10d

"Abel" share this photo from where he was harvesting corn in Oceanside, CA. He shares, "It is a tiring job because all day long we load the big bin with corn. And then we must carry it to the edge of the field so it could be packed in boxes. It gets very heavy." #WeFeedYou

A big bin filled with freshly harvested corn

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 10d

NGC 7635 "Bubble Nebula" in SHO - From Ryan Kinnett (rkinnett.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2m8E3Qv

Imaged with GSO 10" f/4 Newtonian and asi1600mm at Mt Pinos, CA. Approx 3 hr integration.

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Lightbulb Sun @msr1977.bsky.social · 9d

Derp

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 9d

The before and after images showing glaciers vanishing before our eyes. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Before and after images show glaciers vanishing before our eyes

They are melting like never seen before, changing landscapes around the world beyond recognition.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 9d

We cannot undo the effects of bad luck and good luck with more luck. What we can do is tax wealth and distribute universal basic income in order to in some way tax the undeserved benefits of good luck and to in some way compensate for the undeserved consequences of bad luck.

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With that said, the best funding strategy of them all was one where an equal number of funding was distributed to everyone. Distributing funds at a rate of 1 unit every five years resulted in 60% of the most talented individuals having a greater than average level of success, and distributing funds at a rate of 5 units every five years resulted in 100% of the most talented individuals having an impact! This suggests that if a funding agency or government has more money available to distribute, they'd be wise to use that extra money to distribute money to everyone, rather than to only a select few. As the researchers conclude,

"[I]f the goal is to reward the most talented person (thus increasing their final level of success), it is much more convenient to distribute periodically (even small) equal amounts of capital to all individuals rather than to give a greater capital only to a small percentage of them, selected through their level of success - already reached - at the moment of the distribution."

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 9d

We are here, in part, because guys like Schatz would never say this to "ezra klein" - a rich media guy - but somehow think "adam" is suppose to be dismissed and ignored but also do unpaid comms work for them

Lifelong Democrats for Zohran #ImWithHim 🌊🌊🌊 @vodkasnowflake.bsky.social · 9d

brutal lol

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Cathrin Machin Space Art @cathrinmachin.bsky.social · 10d

Behold the Eastern Veil Nebula, a haunting supernova remnant that lit up the skies over 10,000 years ago!

It took a month to capture using our little amateur telescope under the clear Texas skies.

This is also Decembers shot in my 2026 calendar (link in my bio)

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Lightbulb Sun @msr1977.bsky.social · 9d

Sanchize!

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Aaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social · 9d

I always try to keep scale in mind with political action. This is about 3% of Italy's population. A U.S. equivalent would be ~10 million people.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 10d

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 10d

They always say the same basic thing. They are always wrong. And we should do what we have always done and do the thing that needs doing anyway, which this time around is universal basic income and healthcare, and a 4-day workweek.

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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 9d

"We must understand the Cosmos as it is and not confuse how it is with how we wish it to be."

-Carl Sagan, Cosmos

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 9d

NGC 5308 - From Judy Schmidt (geckzilla.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/pwgs84

NGC 5308 is a smooth, lenticular galaxy with some subtle structural details and a good smattering of globular clusters surrounding it in a halo. You can see them swarming around its periphery like a bunch of bees at a hive. On the right is a very irregular-looking, dim galaxy and a handful of other background galaxies and spiky foreground stars can also be seen.

Red: HST_10594_04_ACS_WFC_F814W_sci
Green: Pseudo
Blue: HST_10594_04_ACS_WFC_F475W_sci

This galaxy was imaged for Proposal 10594: The Formation of Spiral Spheroids and Their Globular Cluster Systems

North is NOT up. It is 13° clockwise from up.

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Lightbulb Sun @msr1977.bsky.social · 9d

There’s only one Canadian team in MLB.
Just saying

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The Onion @theonion.com · 9d

Hungover Hegseth Struggling To Remember How He Ended Up In Room Full Of Generals

QUANTICO, VA—Racking his brain for answers as he gazed out at the high-ranking officers gathered before him, a visibly hungover Pete Hegseth reportedly struggled Tuesday to remember exactly how he end...

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Lightbulb Sun @msr1977.bsky.social · 9d

Post truth world

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 9d

"While there may be isolated incidents where incarcerated individuals have used contraband cellphones to commit crimes, my experience tells me they’re far more often used to connect with loved ones or to hold rogue prison officials accountable."

The Latest FCC Censorship Push No One Is Talking About Targets Incarcerated People

Brendan Carr is advancing a plan to choke communications for people who use cellphones to expose abuses in prison.

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Lightbulb Sun @msr1977.bsky.social · 9d

LMFAO
To be fair Bari wouldn’t be famous if it wasn’t for her cringe followers.