celeste

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

The first cash transfer was made in November 2023. A total of 188 people each receive the equivalent of about £2 a day, or about £55 a month. Cool Earth worked with a tech company, AidKit, to facilitate the process, and the pilot will last for two years, with an equivalent of about £245,000 given in total, though the organisation plans to continue the support on an ongoing basis.

Will it help the environment? Hopefully the pilot program will find that out. But, god, that is such a small amount of money and now those 188 people have an easier time eating, educating their kids - I hope it turns out to work so more people get a basic income.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

An old lady I worked for with dementia got scammed on facebook by people who sound like this. I was inclined to hate the scammers for targeting the disabled, but, holy shit. Those poor people.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (20 children)

People should do what they think is best, based on their own situation (region, district, needs, etc) and beliefs(what they think should happen, what they can ethically stand, etc). In this election, I think Trump is a dangerous (personally and politically) and incompetent enough figure that conservative people should deliberately throw the election to force their party in a different direction.

My personal belief is that government is a tool, and my vote will go to the person who seems most likely to enact policy that aligns with my values.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (22 children)

I think everyone who was going to vote for trump but is feeling doubt should pick a third party candidate to vote for instead.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

middle guy looks like he's there hoping for a post party threesome.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Picture looks like he came up with the idea in time-out corner.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core/issues/1383#issuecomment-1999046

The guy in charge was having medical and personal issues. And doesn't seem to have access to everything at the moment. It's a bummer, and I hope things get better for him, but that's how projects like this go sometimes.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

How I personally feel about people who aren't careful about spreading hiv is different than what I think policy should be. Policy should be what works to prevent the spread of illness. Sometimes that means doing "nice" things for people whose choices we despise.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Michelle Anderson, a Memphis resident who is one of the plaintiffs in the ACLU lawsuit, said in court records that since being convicted of aggravated prostitution, the sex offender label has made it so difficult to find a home and a job that she was “unhoused for about a year” and has at times “felt she had no option but to continue to engage in sex work to survive.”

This is an obvious consequence, and the fact that people were put on the sex offender registry anyway makes me wonder if anyone involved gave a shit about prevention. It's like laws targeting sexual grooming of kids that pick on the conservative target of the week instead of figuring out policies that have been statistically proven to prevent sexual abuse.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago

"Alba: A Wildlife Adventure" jumped to mind. I don't remember it being long or difficult, but I had a nice time.

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