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"Reform’s pro-fracking stance could divide potential voters, research shows"
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We (Anja Lehmann, abhi shelat, and I) have uploaded a first draft of our proposal for EUDI pseudonyms as input to the debate that is currently happening between EU countries. What is a pseudonym, what requirements does it need to tackle, and how can we potentially solve it? We'd be happy to open the discussion for any kind of feedback.

Topic E - Pseudonyms, including User authentication mechanism · eu-digital-identity-wallet eudi-doc-architecture-and-reference-framework · Discussion #375
Welcome to the discussion on the Topic E - Pseudonyms, including User authentication mechanism, part of the ongoing development of the Architecture and Reference Framework (ARF) for the European Di...

No-reference Quality Assessment of Contrast-distorted Images using Contrast-enhanced Pseudo Reference
Mohammad-Ali Mahmoudpour, Saeed Mahmoudpour
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.05053

No-reference Quality Assessment of Contrast-distorted Images using Contrast-enhanced Pseudo Reference
Contrast change is an important factor that affects the quality of images. During image capturing, unfavorable lighting conditions can cause contrast change and visual quality loss. While various methods have been proposed to assess the quality of images under different distortions such as blur and noise, contrast distortion has been largely overlooked as its visual impact and properties are different from other conventional types of distortions. In this paper, we propose a no-reference image q…

93% of submissions to the BC Democratic and Electoral Reform Committee committee called for proportional representation.
This summer, the committee conducted public hearings across the province, inviting presentations and written submissions from individuals and groups.
Of the 865 presentations or submissions that included an opinion on the voting system, 93% advocated for proportional representation. Only 2% advocated for first-past-the-post.

BC Electoral Reform Committee: 93% support for proportional representation in public consultation
93% of those who participated in the public consultation of the BC Electoral Reform Committee with an opinion on the voting system recommended proportional representation.

OMB deletes reference to law guaranteeing backpay to furloughed feds from shutdown guidance - Government Executive
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2025/10/omb-deletes-reference-law-guaranteeing-backpay-furloughed-feds-shutdown-guidance/408645/

OMB deletes reference to law guaranteeing backpay to furloughed feds from shutdown guidance (GovExec.com)
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2025/10/omb-deletes-reference-law-guaranteeing-backpay-furloughed-feds-shutdown-guidance/408645/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251007/p39#a251007p39

Imagine if people would spend all the time they're spending on "double-checking" LLM "research" (to see if the references it gives are actually real and then also downloading and reading all the references in full to see if they are correctly quoted and not misrepresented)--instead on reading and thinking themselves.

I have written a write up of the rebranding across the government.
Very much looking forward to the rationing app the Ministry of Plenty is sure to roll out so we can get food.
https://stuff.davidaugust.com/government-rebranding-continues/

Government Rebranding Continues
What’s in a name? Late Friday, after an Oval Office presentation to the press discussing the new secondary name "Department of War" for the former Department of Defense by the President and Secretary of War for Pete Hegseth, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced further secondary names for