"A huge new study on giving cash was just released, and it's got a lot of answers." Listen to NPR's NPR's Planet Money on our #UBI study 👂📻 ⬇️ npr.org/2024/01/10/119…

“GiveGreen chooses to offer unconditional cash transfers… Empowering poor people to make their own choices. Well, that advances their core value of respect.” - John Cena in Ricky Stanicky, a new Amazon comedy 🤯 GiveDirectly.org 🧵

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The world's biggest YouTuber MrBeast is giving directly! Watch the Beast Philanthropy video and read about our collaboration ⬇️💸🇺🇬givedirectly.org/mrbeastvideo/

We showed Beast Philanthropy's GiveDirectly💸 video to the featured Ugandan community. Here’s what they thought of it 🧵GiveDirectly.org/beast

Hurricanes Milton and Helene have impacted millions. Send cash directly to the most vulnerable and impacted. givedirectly.org/hurricaneshele…

Can Uber use the accelerometer in drivers' phones to measure excessive acceleration and braking?

Great night for Bob Woodward’s publishing career! Four more books! Four more books!

This year, we re-evaluated the cost effectiveness of direct cash transfers as implemented by our friends at GiveDirectly💸. We now estimate that GiveDirectly’s flagship cash program is 3-4x more cost-effective than we’d previously estimated. Read more here: bit.ly/40U3IRY

So I promised to donate 50% of Gross Annualized Revenues from my two most recent Substack posts to GiveDirectly💸 and holy crap, you guys really came through! We don't get numbers like this outside of big election and sporting events. $27,196.50 on the way. Thank you so much!

trying to cancel your NYTimes subscription after the new "1 click cancel" law goes into affect:

babe are you ok? it’s q2 and you’ve barely touched your “q1 roadmap”

Send cash directly to families impacted by the Texas floods, reaching them quickly and remotely + empowering them to spend on what they need most. GiveDirectly.org/texas

“This is easily the biggest impact on child survival that I’ve seen from an intervention that was designed to alleviate poverty" nytimes.com/2025/08/18/hea…

Two studies of the Rx Kids program are out today—one about the moms and one about the kids. Here's what happened when $1500 was given to ALL pregnant moms in Flint and also $500/mo for a year after birth: “In every measure of financial stability, of maternal mental health and

Give now so we can deliver cash relief to families once the storm passes: GiveDirectly.org/jamaica

Had a dream that two old colleagues tried to poach me for their new start up. Sketched out what I could remember and used Nano Banana to make some concept art. Honestly, pretty surreal to see your dreams in high-fidelity again.

Here's to ruining my 2026 Spotify Wrapped. Assuming Kevin Roose and Casey Newton aren't getting a kickback on streams.