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"Spain is to roll out a universal basic income (UBI) “as soon as possible” as it looks to mitigate the impact of coronavirus.

Minister for economic affairs Nadia Calvino told Spanish broadcaster La Sexta on Sunday night that the move was intended to help families during the pandemic.

But Ms Calvino, who is also deputy prime minister, said the government's ambition was that UBI could become something that “stays forever, that becomes a structural instrument, a permanent instrument”."

(Hopefully in conjunction with rent controls to prevent landlords from simply soaking up the extra. Quite why renting properties for profit is even /permitted/..)

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/coronavirus-spain-universal-basic-income-europe-a9449336.html

#Zoom banned from New York City schools due to #privacy and #security flaws

A few weeks ago, New York City’s 75,000 teachers scrambled to learn how to use videoconferencing services like Zoom as novel #coronavirus cases began to rise and schools prepared to close their doors and institute remote learning.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90486586/zoom-banned-from-new-york-city-schools-due-to-privacy-and-security-flaws

India's coronavirus lockdown is having a dramatic impact on pollution

In the capital, New Delhi, government data shows the average concentration of PM 2.5 plunged by 71% in the space of a week

https://cnn.it/2Uz2gBR

a "jack ass" is an ass whom you name jack

why do people still talk about emineim, the man hasn't put out a good album since the year after I was born

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How to Start a New Life with No Money

hey being jokingly mean to people, especially online, only works if there's a pre-established relationship ensuring that the other person knows you're joking and not just being a random dickhead

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