hesgen @hesgen@social.cleverlibre.org

I'm sorry, did you forget the last 200 years of technological progress advancing productivity yet leading us to work even longer hours? If we want to work less, we need unions, not tech.

Don't sleep on these first results from the world's largest universal basic income experiment ever. (23,000 cash recipients with 5,000 getting UBI for 12 years)

1. Entrepreneurship skyrocketed thanks to the UBI functioning as both startup capital and spending power for people to be customers at those businesses.

2. NO INFLATION!

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/12/07/1217478771/its-one-of-the-biggest-experiments-in-fighting-global-poverty-now-the-results-ar

My latest post explores Shropshire's satanic associations and what The Devil- Or 'Owd Scratch' represents to Shropshire Folk. You can read more below.

https://nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-devil-in-shropshire.html

#Folklore #Satan #folktales #Shropshire

The video was taken by a female soldier of the 47th Brigade fighting in Avdiivka. Troops can be seen fighting near a trench as bullets whistle overhead.

A female Ukraine combat #medic fires back as four Russian tanks attack her trench and wound comrades. Intense first-person footage revealed the brutal reality of trench-fighting in Ukraine.

(WARNING - Contains Disturbing Scenes)

(5 Minute) YouTube📽️ 🔗 https://youtu.be/wMYnzJoiYAA?si=xi3AIsVOnT9FxI5x

#Ukraine 🇺🇦 #SlavaUkraine
#СлаваУкраїні! #StandWithUkraine

We walked him to the station in the rain
We kissed him as we put him on the train
And we sang him a song of times long gone
Though we knew that we'd be seeing him again

@RickiTarr Saw this earlier, it seems pertinent so thought I’d share

@MikeDunnAuthor @muiiio

At least three companies based in Ireland supplying components to the Russian military, according to this site.
https://mastodon.ie/@EugeneMcParland/111540586789741010

Electric bikes are displacing four times as much demand for oil as all the world’s electric cars.
https://theconversation.com/the-worlds-280-million-electric-bikes-and-mopeds-are-cutting-demand-for-oil-far-more-than-electric-cars-213870

“I use my e-bike on journeys in my area, including towns 10 and 15 miles away. I am a middle-aged chubster with two very dodgy knees. Some days, I can cycle more easily than I can walk. I live in a very hilly, very windy part of rural Scotland. The e-bike is transformative and brings me great joy.”
Ruth Watson, @kuantancurls

After exploring the site and figuring out stuff, I thought I'd #introduce myself.

I'm a #PhD student at #TUDelft, working on single-molecule #biophysics. More specifically, I use smFRET to understand properties of #DNA and DNA-binding proteins.

Outside of working in dark microscopy rooms, I'm into #photography, #travel, #cooking, and #sports

I'm also loving the increased character count in #mastodon!

Viktor Orbán has undermined Europe for long enough. It’s time to call his bluff https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/08/eu-crises-suspension-hungary-ukraine-viktor-orban?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other #Hungary I don’t agree with all of this. However #Article7 or leaving the EU is the logical result of Orban’s words and actions

ANYTHING can be.

Brexit has had a 'chilling' impact on business investment in Britain

All the more puzzling why Labour are so rabidly supportive of it…

If you want to rejoin the EU vote Green in ‘24 https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/business-economics/brexit-has-had-a-chilling-impact-on-business-investment-in-britain-boe-concludes-363719/

#Shakespeare - Trigger Warnings
#drama #TeamEnglish

Language, culture, history, religion… There are so many things that can divide humanity. But one thing can bring us together…

#UDHR75 in my Daily Brief:

🗞️ English: https://www.hrw.org/the-day-in-human-rights/2023/12/07?story=paragraph-7264

📰 Français: https://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2023/12/07/quest-ce-qui-unit-lhumanite

🔊 Listen: https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/audio/2023/12/07/what-unites-humanity-daily-brief-december-7-2023