@michaelmariant.bsky.social
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For every €1 provided through a Basic Income For Artists pilot program in Ireland, the government got €1.46 back. So it’s being made permanent.
Over and over we see it. It saves public money to provide public housing. And it makes public money to provide basic income.
We can’t afford to NOT do it.
Over and over we see it. It saves public money to provide public housing. And it makes public money to provide basic income.
We can’t afford to NOT do it.
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
October 7, 2025 at 12:40 AM
For every €1 provided through a Basic Income For Artists pilot program in Ireland, the government got €1.46 back. So it’s being made permanent.
Over and over we see it. It saves public money to provide public housing. And it makes public money to provide basic income.
We can’t afford to NOT do it.
Over and over we see it. It saves public money to provide public housing. And it makes public money to provide basic income.
We can’t afford to NOT do it.
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Utah Governor Spencer Cox: “Social media is a cancer right now. I would encourage you all to log off, be with your family, and touch grass.”
September 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Utah Governor Spencer Cox: “Social media is a cancer right now. I would encourage you all to log off, be with your family, and touch grass.”
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BREAKING: President Crazy Pants said something batshit insane, and the press shrugs its collective shoulders and ignores it for the epsteinth consecutive day.
July 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
BREAKING: President Crazy Pants said something batshit insane, and the press shrugs its collective shoulders and ignores it for the epsteinth consecutive day.
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47% of people in the United States. are not working per Paul Krugman. So I looked it up. 18% are seniors over 65. 22% are children under 18. 13.9% are on Social Security disability totaling 53%. Unemployment is at 4% which economists consider full employment. Who is not working?
July 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
47% of people in the United States. are not working per Paul Krugman. So I looked it up. 18% are seniors over 65. 22% are children under 18. 13.9% are on Social Security disability totaling 53%. Unemployment is at 4% which economists consider full employment. Who is not working?
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It's Berkeley Breathed's 68th birthday, and in this upside-down world in which Donald Trump is in the White House instead of the prison where he belongs, I'll celebrate by once again sharing this February 26, 1989 comic strip, the only Bloom County I ever snipped from a newspaper.
June 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
It's Berkeley Breathed's 68th birthday, and in this upside-down world in which Donald Trump is in the White House instead of the prison where he belongs, I'll celebrate by once again sharing this February 26, 1989 comic strip, the only Bloom County I ever snipped from a newspaper.
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The Democratic Party leadership everytime the Republicans or Trump do something illegal:
youtu.be/GNBG5lgh6Nw
(As only the late great Robin Williams could say it.)
youtu.be/GNBG5lgh6Nw
(As only the late great Robin Williams could say it.)
Robin Williams - Stop!....or I'll say stop again.
YouTube video by pennjazz
youtu.be
June 17, 2025 at 11:27 PM
The Democratic Party leadership everytime the Republicans or Trump do something illegal:
youtu.be/GNBG5lgh6Nw
(As only the late great Robin Williams could say it.)
youtu.be/GNBG5lgh6Nw
(As only the late great Robin Williams could say it.)
This!
The US has one political party that tiptoes on eggshells attempting not to offend anyone while the other blatantly lies while calling everyone who doesn't believe their propaganda a slur. If the Democratic party doesn't grow a spine and start going low, we are doomed.
June 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
This!
Unless you are Native American, EVERYONE in America came from immigrants who settled here.
Everyone.
Everyone.
June 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Unless you are Native American, EVERYONE in America came from immigrants who settled here.
Everyone.
Everyone.
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Hello from Berlin where a few hundred Americans are outside the embassy, currently reading aloud from the Declaration of Independence. #nokings
June 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Hello from Berlin where a few hundred Americans are outside the embassy, currently reading aloud from the Declaration of Independence. #nokings
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Days like today, even us dyed-in-the-wool SF Giants fans are LA Strong.
June 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Days like today, even us dyed-in-the-wool SF Giants fans are LA Strong.
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The Political Parties Are Not The Same!😊💙
June 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The Political Parties Are Not The Same!😊💙
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Fascist regimes always try to erase queer, trans, disabled, and Black and brown folks. But we fucking remember. Because we were always fucking here. Always. You have never existed in a world without any of the marginalized people that don’t fit in their ideal society. And you never fucking will. 🤬🤬🤬
June 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Fascist regimes always try to erase queer, trans, disabled, and Black and brown folks. But we fucking remember. Because we were always fucking here. Always. You have never existed in a world without any of the marginalized people that don’t fit in their ideal society. And you never fucking will. 🤬🤬🤬
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Someone else said something very similar to this the other day, but.
It really burns me that our (millennials') generation was legally terrorized for like, downloading Radiohead discographies
But we're supposed to be ok with billionaires stealing human intellectual output in its entirety bc AI
It really burns me that our (millennials') generation was legally terrorized for like, downloading Radiohead discographies
But we're supposed to be ok with billionaires stealing human intellectual output in its entirety bc AI
May 31, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Someone else said something very similar to this the other day, but.
It really burns me that our (millennials') generation was legally terrorized for like, downloading Radiohead discographies
But we're supposed to be ok with billionaires stealing human intellectual output in its entirety bc AI
It really burns me that our (millennials') generation was legally terrorized for like, downloading Radiohead discographies
But we're supposed to be ok with billionaires stealing human intellectual output in its entirety bc AI
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Two nuns went on live TV in Brazil to talk about God.
Then one started beatboxing and the other hit a two-step.
Absolute legends.
#AGoodPlace #GoodNews #Good
Then one started beatboxing and the other hit a two-step.
Absolute legends.
#AGoodPlace #GoodNews #Good
May 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Two nuns went on live TV in Brazil to talk about God.
Then one started beatboxing and the other hit a two-step.
Absolute legends.
#AGoodPlace #GoodNews #Good
Then one started beatboxing and the other hit a two-step.
Absolute legends.
#AGoodPlace #GoodNews #Good
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What we all know, but explained it such simple terms. Share far and wide …
It’s all part of the republican plan formulated decades ago and it is the gift that keeps giving.
www.milwaukeeindependent.com/thom-hartman...
www.milwaukeeindependent.com/thom-hartman...
The Two Santas Strategy: How the GOP has used an economic scam to manipulate Americans for 40 years | Milwaukee Independent
www.milwaukeeindependent.com
May 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
What we all know, but explained it such simple terms. Share far and wide …
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SCOOP: The Trump administration is “decommissioning” a Department of Justice office that been at the center of dismantling transnational organized crime networks, drug cartels and human trafficking rings.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Team Set to Dissolve Reagan-Era Transnational Crime Unit
Task forces that specialize in fighting organized crime, drug cartels and human traffickers were told to shut down by Sept. 30, according to documents and people familiar with the matter
www.bloomberg.com
May 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
SCOOP: The Trump administration is “decommissioning” a Department of Justice office that been at the center of dismantling transnational organized crime networks, drug cartels and human trafficking rings.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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And Don’t Forget The Pentagon Has Failed Its Last 7 Audits….
May 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
And Don’t Forget The Pentagon Has Failed Its Last 7 Audits….
Well that was faster than I thought it would arrive
"MSNBC's Tom Costello claimed Friday that an air traffic controller who works at Newark airport said, ‘It is not safe. It is not a safe situation right now for the flying public. Don't fly into Newark. Avoid Newark at all costs.’”
Gridlock, massive flight delays at one of the busiest U.S. airports
Travelers at Newark Airport this week faced hours-long delays and disruptions. Tom Costello reports.
www.msnbc.com
May 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Well that was faster than I thought it would arrive
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When a @reuters.com drone flew over the Bluebonnet Detention Facility in Texas—where Venezuelans at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling are held—detainees used their bodies to form a message:
SOS
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
SOS
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
SOS: Migrants held in Texas fear notorious El Salvador prison
Venezuelan detainees in Texas fear the Trump administration will send them to El Salvador's notorious CECOT maximum security prison.
www.reuters.com
April 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
When a @reuters.com drone flew over the Bluebonnet Detention Facility in Texas—where Venezuelans at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling are held—detainees used their bodies to form a message:
SOS
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
SOS
www.reuters.com/world/americ...