UBI is unconditional and universal. We can build support for it by removing work requirements from any existing program and/or making any existing program universal and paired with higher taxes on those with higher incomes. When it comes to amount, I'd like to see any unconditional universal amount. #UBI
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Interesting point. 😃
However I do think attacking dead people won’t solve any problems associated with the other 2 mentioned.
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Nips Don’t Lie: The Hypocrisy Behind Censoring Women's Breasts
How nipples expose everyday hypocrisies around our understanding of women’s bodies and why it's important to rethink their place in culture.Rohina Katoch Sehra (HuffPost UK)
It appears I neglected to announce the existence of last week’s episode of Reverse Trivia.
Here it is for your viewing pleasure. But beware, at least one of us sings!
youtu.be/X2LebcZ7CkM?si=hJ5JU-…
From waggle to warlock. ■ Reverse Trivia 3x03
Words, water, and a vicious insult to Lancashire.The Technical Difficulties are:🟥 TOM SCOTT: http://tomscott.com - https://instagram.com/tomscottgo🟨 GARY B...YouTube
My mom taught me that people are poor because they were too lazy to help themselves get a job. To give them money would just let them not have to work, and they would go buy beer with it.
Now that I am poor due to being disabled, I know the truth. I am poor because I did not get the help I needed.
Independant human, a lie. We all still need help. Sometimes people need the help because they CANT do the things to get out of poverty.
Some of us cant work, because there are no jobs they can do.
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I've started doing a bit of streaming over on Joystick. Not worked out a steady schedule yet, just playing a few games when it feels like a good time.
Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster - videoneat.com/documentaries/26…
This is the perfect example of why in this trade-based society things get fucked. Because people are focused on trading, making a profit. And these idiots did just that. Cut corners, then cut their lives short and of those who paid for their scam.
Tragic. But a very important example of how #TradeRuinsEverything
#documentary #bbc #titanic #titan
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Most of what governments have done in the UK since Thatcher have been huge overreach.
We live in times where disagreeing with the government is sufficient to be branded a terrorist.
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Also what a wild thing to just randomly say to someone in line at the vet clinic on a Monday morning? Hey your whole life is a lie, your amputation you've had since your a baby was just part of a conspiracy. K'ay bye!
#Furry #SFWFurry #Disability #Amputee #Disabilityproblems #Dragon #DragonArt #Fantasy #comic #Webcomic
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I’m still like deer-in-the-headlights frozen since a colleague earlier this week just casually threw into a discussion about a complex, consequential, and costly legal question “well I checked on ChatGPT and it said…” as though that was some kind of mic drop.
I just wasn’t prepared for this. My jaw was on the floor.
Spoiler alert: ChatGPT was 100% wrong, like exactly the inverse of the true fact, of the complex, consequential, and costly legal question. A yes/no question where the answer was ‘no’ and ChatGPT said ‘yes’.
I bet they’ll keep using it though 🤷🏼♂️
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The latest crop of Nvidia GPUs are exceeding 1000W max TDP ratings, apparently. This is insanity and it needs to stop.
There is no reason for an AIB to consume so much more power than the rest of the PC platform.
It's literally like a cancer in how much it consumes as it continues to grow ever bigger and hungrier for more.
There needs to be a solid market for mid-range GPUs that offer good-enough performance at really good prices, and both Intel and AMD are in a position to provide that.
Let nvidia run away with it at the top end. It's clear gamers who chase top end performance are always going to pick nvidia, so it's a better business move imo to pursue the greater majority of the market that just wants something affordable and competent.
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"BBC won't re-show Bob Vylan's Glastonbury performance after 'deeply offensive comments'"
Offensive to whom? The IDF? Well, those fuckers are literally killing people seeking aid as "everything is Hamas'".
So, fuck them.
"The Haaretz investigation, published on Friday, June 27, 2025, details a practice where soldiers would use live fire, including from tanks and grenade launchers, to deter crowds from gathering at aid sites before and after official distribution times. One soldier described the areas as "killing fields," stating that "between one and five people were killed every day" at his location. The soldiers who spoke to Haaretz reportedly indicated that these actions were intended to control the crowds."
What I find odd is that previous aid distribution agencies could.generally manage to distribute aid without heavy artillery and small arms fire.
Weird that.
But Bob Vylan is offensive.
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I will take no critique from the illiterate, as you are arguing with the rattles in your head. Nothing in what you have replied to references the wider Israeli people, therefore your statement about blaming them is ludicrously predicated.
It seems an an attempt to over-generalise who my stated target was, ergo your response is a non-sequitur.
Any judgements or appraisals of me and my intent are, therefore, irrelevant.
Good day.
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Don’t know if everyone has heard yet but Liverpool pride totally fucked it and it’s cancelled.
Luckily, a charity has stepped in to save pride in Liverpool but they need our support in order to raise the necessary funds.
I really hope that Liverpool pride can run this year. I so rarely get the chance to dress up as a leather puppy these days. 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
If you are in the UK please repost ^w^
gofundme.com/f/save-liverpool-…
#lgbt #pride #gayPride #liverpool #uk #unitedKingdom #pride2025
I tried a weird strategy on Lemmy and so far it seems to works.
There were 2-3 dudes systematically downvoting everything I post.
So what I did was artificially create myself a fan base consisting of just others accounts of me and upvoting everything. So with all those "fake" accounts and the few people following me for real, the post stay positive even with some moronic downvoters.
However, when posts already have 4-5 upvotes, the downvoters are surprisingly not present.
So my guess is they just want to demoralize newcomers by quickly making their post negatives. As soon as you gain a real audience, they move away, proving the fact they are assholes.
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If you ever think English is not a weird language just remember that read and lead rhyme and read and lead rhyme.
But read and lead don't rhyme, and neither do read and lead.
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The following is a message composed via consensus of the pony.social Admin Team.
For those who are not currently aware of our existence, we represent the organization known as pony.social. Our previous mission centered around providing a gay and friendly place on the fediverse. This mission was the focus of our organization for almost a decade.
Due to circumstances outside of our control, this directive has now changed. Our new mission will be to piss on the sun because FUCK IT'S TOO WARM AAAAAAAA.
There will be no further communication.
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Pissing on it will have no effect because it doesn't work via combustion.
What you need to do is drop Jupiter on it. The un-ionized hydrogen will spread over the surface and for 200 years the output of the sun will go towards ionizing the gas rather than heating the objects in the surrounding space, such as earth.
This may have an adverse effect on agriculture.
source: a half remembered Quora answer from years ago.
The non-Dutch mind cannot comprehend: the “car is the guest”-street.
Cars are tolerated in these streets, but should drive slowly and patiently behind cyclists.
It’s great.
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