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Two leading Canadian economists say a guaranteed income floor that cuts poverty in half could be funded at half the cost of previous estimates. This would make basic income considerably cheaper than the cost of poverty itself, saving lives and money.

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More of this, please.

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'Ram in the Thicket' from the Royal Cemetery (Grave PG 1237, the Great Death Pit) Ur, Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. Dated c. 2600 BCE. The artefact actually depicts a goat rather than a ram. It is made of gold, silver, copper, lapis lazuli, shell and red limestone. British Museum (1929,1017.1). 📷 me

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This is the Balkerne Gate in Colchester, the largest surviving Roman gateway in Britain. One of six gates in the wall of ancient Camulodunum, it once guarded the spot where the road from Londinium reached the town. #RomanSiteSaturday

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For #RomanSiteSaturday, we're off to the city of Arles, #France, and the spectacular amphitheatre where, to paraphrase Withnail and I, I once entered a bullfight by mistake. #Roman engineering and architecture at its finest!

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For #RomanSiteSaturday let's go to the city of Asturica Augusta, present-day Astorga, northwestern #Spain, with its extensive network of sewers. Some of them reach up to a height of 1.80 meters. #Roman engineering at its best! 📷 me 🏺 #archaeology

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It's always a bit of a thrill to see this drachm coin minted in Knossos, Crete, which depicts the goddess Hera on the obverse. Because on the reverse, below, is depicted an iconic image from the myth of the Minotaur - the labyrinth. 🏺 #ancientbluesky #ARTIC Struck 350-220 BCE. 📸 me

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A breathtaking image of Messier 78, taken by ESA’s Euclid telescope, unveils a vivid stellar nursery shrouded in interstellar dust. (Credit: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre (CEA Paris-Saclay), G. Anselmi)

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People don’t believe Long Covid is real because they can’t face it. If they face the reality of how disabling COVID can be, they might be forced to adjust their behaviour. They might be forced to admit we aren’t “back to normal” and the threat as not passed. The denial bubble would burst

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All hail! The Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius from the Capitoline Museums in Rome. 📸 My own. #RomanSiteSaturday

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Lighthouse reflected. Lighthouses might be my favourite type of building. The first recorded lighthouse was the Pharos of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The Pharos was built in around 280 BC and was 450 feet high, making it also the tallest one ever built. 1/2 🧵

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Carl Sagan quote for the day. One cool dude ✌️☮️

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New study finds that air filters in schools reduces the number of sick days kids take. Clean air works wonders. It’s egregious that we haven’t adopted it in all public places by now. It reduces risk of COVID & other viral infections, allergies, asthma and helps with pollution and wildfire smoke!

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Something wonderful for the weekend! About 40,000 years ago, during the #IceAge, this tiny figurine was sculpted from mammoth ivory. Imagine the artist sitting by the warmth and flickering light of a camp fire, carving what is the world’s oldest known sculpture of a horse! 📷 by me #Archaeology

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I wish there were a way to scientifically document this observation, but young people will have to take my word for it: In the past, it was not normal to be in a group of people in June and constantly hear hard, wet, hacking coughing.

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This is what salt grains look like under the microscope.

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“Wear a mask if you’re around anyone whose vulnerable.” Of course, you can’t tell who is vulnerable so…wear a mask. And you know why the vulnerable don’t mask? Bc no one else masks. And it can be hard to do it alone. So be a trendsetter. Normalize masks.

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Butterfly in lavender Nikon F5 28-300mm Kodak Portra 400 #believeinfilm #EastCoastKin #MacroMonday

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New: “Our study has important implications for understanding the neurofunctional consequences of COVID-19 and highlights the potential significance of neuroinflammation in the manifestation of cognitive impairments.” www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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It's Indigenous Peoples Day! Saturday boost party! Comment with accounts that inspire you! @smith83k.bsky.social @msdenisesays.bsky.social @abbarsha.bsky.social @moberzan.bsky.social @arlie.bsky.social @fiona-webster22.bsky.social @jaybird54.bsky.social @eggzbacn.bsky.social @steviemo.bsky.social

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www.echo-news.co.uk/news/2525381...

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And there is a constant TV & media barrage trying to make you believe this is acceptable, which of course it is not.

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Gong - Flying Teapot

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A call for peace. A call for justice. A call to end the genocide. @pscupdates.bsky.social

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Pat Martino - El Hombre