⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken@social.cleverlibre.org

Preliminary results from the Denver Basic Income Project that's providing cash to hundreds of unhoused people for one year, using the first 6 months of data:

• NO ONE receiving $1,000/mo still sleeping outside
• Full-time employment increased
• Fewer visits to the ER
• Fewer nights spent in jail
• Reduced use of social and public services

Read the full report: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gqtOfZG2sSanWgUdzn-lx-pwSXZKabj-/view?pli=1

Notebookcheck: Framework Laptop 13.5 Ryzen 7 7840U review: So much better than the Intel version https://lemm.ee/post/10257846

THIS EVENING

There is a wealth of data available from the 2021 census, a decadal poll of who we are, what we do and where we live.

Bolton Council, Manchester City Council and GMCA are all joining us to dig into this data and share insights about what the census does and doesn’t contain.

Bring a device if you want to get your hands dirty, if not you can team up with others or listen to the expert advice on hand.

Tonight, 6.30pm, full details >> https://www.opendatamanchester.org.uk/event/making-sense-of-the-2021-census/

Time for the evergreen Norm meme..

I gave in and “signed up” for the WiFi.

Well, Mr Fred Blogs, DoB 2000-01-01 did, anyway.

WTF does anyone even try to collect personal data for such stuff. Apart from GDPR, does anyone put in “real” details, ever?

#HospitalSuck

This is clever - a dynamo battery which works on London's locked & docked publics bikes.

https://www.dezeen.com/2023/09/29/mypowerbank-hacks-santander-bikes-homeless-charge-phones/

(Yes, yes, obviously the *real* solution to homelessness is structural. But I think this is a nifty way to look askew at urban infrastructure.)

"If we tax the rich they will just leave."

So?
Let them leave.
Pretty much anywhere they go they'll need to pay taxes.
They can't take the land, houses, resources, or infrastructure they're hoarding.
They're not doing us a favour, Trickle down is a lie.
If they're only staying as long as they can avoid contributing their fair share, why would we want them here anyway?

Either they contribute to the society that benefits them or they leave and free up their stash.

Bye bye. We can do better.

Repeat.

Someone making public social media posts is not creating a permission for the state to record and profile them for political opinions.

Also: if they (the government) can they will try it on.

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/sep/30/revealed-uk-government-keeping-files-on-education-critics-social-media-activity

Britain’s barmy surveillance state expands all the time. Now it’s Department for Education caught spying and keeping records on educational experts. The purpose, to control and cancel those whose views don’t align. https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/sep/30/it-felt-like-a-dictatorship-uk-teaching-experts-hit-out-at-government-bid-to-cancel-them #surveillance #education #bigbrother

Today in UK politics: a man who travels by helicopter tells people who can't afford bus fares that he will save them from being able to walk to the shops.

Entirely serious country.

@Edent @darkling there's a bunch of editors for #OpenStreetMap, depending on your device preferences: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Editors

I enjoy #StreetComplete for gamification and #EveryDoor for quick, no-nonsense edits.

I've got no clue who actually started doing that in my household, but using old toilet paper rolls to prevent cables from entangling inside the storage boxes is actually a brilliant idea! 💡#organisation #storage #cables #recycling

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Thunderbirds Are Go!

Filmed in VIDECOLOR and SUPERMARIONATION.

Gerry & Sylvia Anderson's Thunderbirds started 58 years ago today on ITV.