It is scruffy yote season, after all.

Brb making a furry party game with importable avatars

And that's likely the main driver as to why UBI is radioactive. Debt traps keep wages down and public engagement minimized. Financially free people have room to reflect and choose better outcomes, at the expense of profiteering enterprises. The boom/bust mentality is baked in, and it feeds on debts.

I'm sorry to hear that, wishing you the best *squeezes*

Oh, I know this one! Tech debt isn't a business item and it's therefore always deprioritized over building out new features. So just toss it into the backlog with the rest of the stuff, no sweat!