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3.2.3 Mental health One of the perceived effects with the strongest consensus in our qualitative dataset was the reduction in stress and anxiety owing to financial security provided by the basic income, and an associated confidence and control over one’s life. For example, one participant noted “It helps with mental health because you're not worrying about, oh, can I do this?” (YP52 - End of Pilot). At mid-pilot and end of pilot other participants explained how the income alleviated financial worries in the context of other difficulties, such as homelessness or experience of abuse: ‘I don't really have a fixed abode, so... I know I can get food in if I need it, and I know I can buy this if I need it, and if I need clothes, ... It's a lot nicer. It really helps with mental health in particular.’ (YP2 - Mid-Pilot) ‘...when you're in care, you've got no freedom. I had no freedom. I was being just abused by my carers and stuff like that. ... but when I was given the pilot, it felt like I could just go anywhere, do whatever I wanted to do, and since I suffered with bad mental health at the time and I still do, it kind of helped me go about my health journey as well...’ (YP56 - End of Pilot) At this follow-up point, participants could compare life on the pilot with life after the end and drew stark contrasts in what they were able to do and the associated effects on their mental wellbeing. For example, one young person who felt their social anxiety was alleviated while on the pilot told us that after it finished, they found themselves being “...distant from everybody, I don't really talk to a lot of people. I stick around the people that I… like I know...” (YP12 - End of Pilot). For some participants, the extent of this contrast became most clear after the payments stopped, and they had to adjust to being on a significantly lower, conditionally provided form of financial assistance or income:

Here's another—this time from the mental health section:

"One of the perceived effects with the strongest consensus in our qualitative dataset was the reduction in stress and anxiety owing to financial security provided by the basic income, and an associated confidence and control over one’s life."

Sociology pulls back the curtain on power - how it's constructed, how it's maintained, and the (il)legitimacy of those in power - and that's why they're so afraid of it.

(It's also why Intro Soc is my favorite class to teach.)

“Greater contact with law enforcement does not protect children — it increases the risk of sexual violence, especially for Black and Brown kids.”

FL deems intro textbooks in my discipline illegal.

It's bc Sociology analyzes systems...it gives people the practical thinking tools to dismantle the master's house.

As a fmr English Lit major, Sociology is the most powerful thing I've ever learned. I see why the Temu Savonarolas are scared of it.

All of these are pretty safe predictions.

Israel punishes Gaza as it attacks Iran Two Palestinian men shot and killed by rampaging settlers in occupied West Bank.

"In the town of Bani Suheila near Khan Younis on Wednesday, Israeli soldiers shot and killed two Palestinians."

"[A]bducted the two men and took them across the so-called yellow line, detained them, and shot them."
#Gaza #WestBank #Palestine #Israel #Aid #Healthcare #Military #Genocide

Israel is using the 'Gaza doctrine' in Lebanon and Iran For years, Israel used the "Dahiya doctrine" in Gaza. Now it's using the "Gaza doctrine" in Dahiya — and Tehran.

"Smotrich toured the border with Lebanon and vowed that 'very soon, Dahiya will look like Khan Younis.'"

"Gaza has become the new model for how asymmetric wars are waged."
#Israel #Gaza #Palestine #Iran #Lebanon #Military #Genocide

Iran says absolutely no negotiations with the Americans will happen until there is a new Supreme Leader. Meanwhile, Israel is threatening to assassinate any future Supreme Leader. The Assembly of Experts is reportedly leaning towards Khamanei's son, Mojtaba, but he is hesitant to accept the role

Iran’s Human Geography: The Wicked Problem of People, Places, and Things that Complicates US Strategy - Modern War Institute Joe Karle’s recent article regarding the need for the Department of Defense to get ahead of events and plan for a potential occupation of Iran generated a great deal of buzz. A lot of it, seemingly, f...

The professional pub is the one I can link to. While the other assessments were unclassified, I have no idea where they've been archived by the DOD.
Here's the professional pub (again).

People, including students, are not blank slates. We need to address the stuff they currently think, not just try to present new material that they'll try to graft onto warped foundations.

(Also, students often interpret silence about religion as hostility towards is, which is rarely the intent.)

‎Megaphone | ميغافون‎ on Instagram‎: "ارتكب جيش الاحتلال الإسرائيلي مجزرةً في مدينة صور راح ضحيّتها 9 أفراد من عائلة واحدة، وقد أكد صاحب المنزل المُستهدَف الذي خسر عائلته وأقاربه أنّ الحيّ مدني بالكام... 1,298 likes, 51 comments - megaphonenews on March 6, 2026‎: "ارتكب جيش الاحتلال الإسرائيلي مجزرةً في مدينة صور راح ضحيّتها 9 أفراد من عائلة واحدة، وقد أكد صاحب المنزل المُستهدَف الذي خسر عائلته وأقارب...

Cw/ body parts

The Israeli army massacred 9 people in the city of Tyre, Lebanon, all belonging to a single family

www.instagram.com/reel/DVjME5b...

@channel4news.bsky.social just showed a clip of this propaganda video. It seemed to include some famous actors like Bryan Cranston. Are they happy being used in this way?

Israel wants "Greater Israel"; article with links: https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-no-world-order

sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-no-wor...

"... and every other imperialist invasion, occupation and aggression toward another country. that is U.S. policy under every administration! regardless of whatever weird scandal a particular president may bring in. this is the policy! and it was the policy before Trump and the Epstein Files. and

“We can no longer prevent an Iran War, but we can shine light on the past and let the facts inform the present. I wish officials had heeded Friedman’s warnings in 1990, when I was a child. I wish they had at least tried. There are children who need us to try now.“

Actually the US newspapers and sources all say it was a US strike so Omid Djalili is a full of shit apologist for murdering children.

(Iranian) comedian Omid Djalili absolutely lost the plot on the bad website. Claiming the schoolgirls were bodies that the regime "kept on ice"

It looks like the US used Claude AI to strike the girls' school in southern Iran, killing 168 It’s been a couple of days since comedian Omid Djalili launched a bizarre attack on Zack Polanski, accusing the Green leader of spreading “misinformation” on Twitter.

Yes, we’ve entered the nightmare era when machines decide on kills. My thoughts are with Sarah Connor at this difficult time.

www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/it-looks-l...

When you call everyone you kill a terrorist it's very easy to avoid civilian casualties

Media Shrugs As Canada’s Allies Slaughter Iranian Children Editorial boards have endorsed the U.S.-Israeli war without even bothering to note its youngest casualties.

NEW: Canadian editorial boards watched U.S.-Israeli forces slaughter Iranian school children, and then endorsed the war anyways.

www.readthemaple.com/media-shrugs...

The fascism is killing us, some faster than others, but nearly all of us either way.

“In fascist society, everyone is educated to be a hero.” — Umberto Eco

Israel is a rogue state committing war crimes in multiple countries led by a war criminal and a population who have lost their collective minds. You're a piece of shit for defending war criminals.

Darren Johnson was suspended by the Greens for transphobia so he's a good fit for the bigots in Labour.
I suspect he also like Labour values like genocide, anti-immigration racism, islamophobia, attacking the most vulnerable and always giving in to extreme wealth and power

He didn't even willingly leave. He was suspended for being an irredeemable transphobe. Who would have guessed.

He was suspended in May 2024 for transphobia.

Holding "Labour Party values" over Green Party ones isn't the win you think it is here.

This is an awful lot of words for "I am a transphobe'.

Blanket evacuation orders in Lebanon raise international law concerns, says UN human rights chief Large-scale evacuation orders issued by the Israeli army for southern Lebanon and Beirut's southern suburbs raise serious concerns ​under international law, the U.N. human rights chief said on Friday.

Blanket evacuation orders in Lebanon raise international law concerns, says UN human rights chief reut.rs/4ssKVrg

Israel planned this war on Iran for 40 years. Everything else is a smoke screen The embers of resistance – in Gaza, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen - have not been snuffed out. With the attack on Iran, they are being fanned into a fire

Israel planned this war on Iran for 40 years. Everything else is a smoke screen.

Read my latest here: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/isra...

That is one wat to admit that you knowingly threw the trans community under the bus for electoral gain that never even materialised.

What makes anyone think these people won't throw anyone else under the bus? Is the Trans Community and Gaza not enough evidence?