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  1. europesays.com/people/218169/ EBay’s first full-time employee left the company after its IPO and built a $5.9 billion fortune; he has now donated about $1.2 billion into social-change projects | World News #$59BillionFortune #eBay #ImpactInvesting #JeffBezos #JeffSkoll #NetWorth #Philanthropy #skoll #SkollFoundation #SocialChange

  2. How has time spent alone changed by age over the last decade, and what does it mean for wellbeing?

    Parth Pandya explores this question in a new #ResolutionFoundation spotlight, in collaborative work with the #ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations: cpc.ac.uk/news/latest_news/?st

    #YoungAdults #Loneliness #SocialChange #Demography #Population #SocialScience #Generations #Ageing #WFH #Society #PopulationChange #WorkingFromHome #PublicPolicy #LabourMarket #Wellbeing #TimeUse

  3. We glorify “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps,” but the reality is: some people don’t even have boots.

    UBI doesn’t replace hard work—it makes real opportunity possible.

    How many Einsteins and Da Vincis are stuck in dead-end jobs just trying to pay rent? How much talent are we wasting?

    Let’s give people a chance. ❤️

    #UBI #UBI4ME #UniversalBasicIncome #SocialChange #policies #politics
    #UnlockPotential #Opportunity #Investment #UniversalBasicInvestment

  4. #CivilResistance scholarship recommends #SocialMovements adopt a #nonviolent (NV) strategy for #SocialChange. The #violence analyzed is usually #ArmedStruggle, but it recommends NV in all tactics (thus excluding property destruction, #rioting, confrontation w/ #police). Benjamin Case's excellent "Street Rebellion" shows movements involving rioting are more likely to be successful, largely b/c riots lead to wider #CivilSociety participation in movements. Well-researched book!

    #AKPress #Reading

  5. G'day new friends.

    There can't be a better way to join a new network than introduce one of your cats surely?

    West Wales native.

    Ex Royal Navy, working for social change for a homelessness charity. Hangs out with dogs, buys too many antiques

    #wales #dogsoftheDon #DogsOfMastoron #veteran #artphotography #artsystuff #socialjournalism #socialchange #gardensandgardening #tattoodesign #tattooguy #tattoostyle #tattoocommunity #retro #vintage #antifasicm #antiquités #surfing #outdoorlife #uklife