Birds can make two sounds at once! They harmonize with themselves! I think that’s incredible. Sometimes when you hear a some birds calling to each other, it’s actually just one bird.

I learned about it during this podcast!

https://pca.st/episode/e977da37-1bb5-4a66-a154-7f8608c09d86

Yeah! I wanted to specifically call out the study on UBI with formerly incarcerated people.

I know a lot of pushback on UBI is that it will make people lazy, or emboldened criminals. It has the exact opposite effect.

I can’t find the podcast. Maybe someone else can post an article about this:

Several years ago, I listened to a podcast that interviewed a man in Chicago who was conducting a study. His team found people with a criminal history(I think maybe drug dealers?) and tell them they’ll get $1000 a month. No strings attached.

There were a few who didn’t use the money well, but most quit crime/dealing drugs entirely. They found steady work and some went back to school.

All they needed was an opportunity to feel financially safe, feed their kids, and pay rent.

Edit: I think I found it? Here’s an article on it. Some of my facts were wrong, but the idea was right overall.

Chicago Future Fund

The article also mentions another called the Stock Economic Empowerment Demonstration.

I’m not sure which I heard about but I suspect the interview was with Richard Wallace who is mentioned in the article. Some of his talking points sounded familiar.

I first time I see an ad on my ad-free subscription, I will cancel like I did with Prime Video.

It’s like they want us to become pirates.

God, I hate Hawley. He’s an embarrassment to my state.

He doesn’t even live in Missouri.

Happened to me. I’ve had both. Companies that say they’ll never do ask for that and companies that use a texted code to verify you over the phone or even in a helper chat. (I think Apple might even do it but I haven’t used their help in awhile)

So when I got a call from a number that was spoofing a payment app’s info, i didn’t think much of it when they asked for a code. But as soon as I said it, I knew I fucked up since I didn’t initiate the call. They tried to buy $500 gift cards with it but because I realized it so quickly I was able to get it stopped by the real company and my bank.

I genuinely think I’m pretty good at recognizing scams and have a high “tech IQ” but they got me here.

I always tell people this story so they know it really can happen to anyone, no matter how good you might be. I don’t want anyone to be embarrassed about getting help when it happens to them.

Also, in studies, products that aren’t imported tend to raise their prices to match the rest of the industry, rather than leaving it as it was.

Even the cost of goods made in America would get more expensive.

Federating ads sounds like a very quick way to get everyone else to defederate with you.

That was my first thought. I deleted my comment to highlight yours. Didn’t know it was a real problem.

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I’m sorry. I wasn’t clear. I meant AT&T is pulling out and removing service from people who already have it. They aren’t just pulling out of new projects, they are pulling out of existing service areas.

I thought it was clear in the article but I guess I shouldn’t have assumed. That’s on me.

They aren’t laying lines though. It’s the Internet Air program which provides it through 5g.

I don’t know if this AT&T service covered all of NY but for sake of my point I’m going to assume it covers most to all of NY. Obviously, not everyone would subscribe to AT&T either. I’m generalizing a bit to make a point.

There are approx 8.5 mil households in NY and 1.7 mil qualified for the previous affordable broadband law (couldn’t find an exact number for this current law).

If they charge $60 for the service that’s a potential total of $512,000,000 for NY.

If 1.7 mil get broadband for $15 that’s $25,500,000.

So AT&T is willing to give up a potential $487,000,00 from all other NY customers just to spite low income families.

Note: this is income before any AT&T expenses, just to be clear and fair.

Edit I was clear or the article wasn’t clear.

1. ATT is pulling 5G service from existing customers. They were given a 45 day window to find a new provider. I’m not talking about new construction.

2. they are not obligated to provide fiber at $15. Only broadband. I know there are still expenses with that, but there is much more broadband already available than fiber.

If you like this, you’d like the Dungeon Crawler Carl book series. I highly recommend it.

I work in commercial real estate. That was a real example. They continue to pay rent so they don’t have to pay termination fees.

And yes, personally I agree they should fail or relocate but that’s not what investors in the property think.

It’s called going dark. Most businesses don’t own their property. So if they stop operating at a location, even if they still pay rent, there are consequences.

Say you own a strip mall with a grocery store. A selling point to getting restaurants and retail on around it is that the grocery is there. If the grocery store stops doing business there, all the other stores lose business.

I don’t agree with it, but that’s how it is.