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"Das Vorgehen der rechten Empörungsindustrie folgt seit Monaten demselben Muster. Die Bundestagsfraktion der #FckAfD hat es sogar in einem Strategiepapier skizziert: Um die politische Mitte zu beseitigen, setzt man auf kulturelle Polarisierung bei gleichzeitig maximalem Druck auf die Union. Indem nämlich alle demokratischen Kräfte links der Union als radikal links dargestellt werden, soll di…

Die Union scheint dazugelernt zu haben: Der Tag, an dem der AfD-Shitstorm einfach verwehte
Monatelang trieb die rechte Empörungsindustrie die demokratischen Parteien vor sich her. Nun hat sich erstmals gezeigt, dass ihr Einfluss begrenzt ist. Das macht Hoffnung.

Trump’s anti-union EO can remain in effect during challenge, appellate court says - Government Executive
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/07/trumps-anti-union-eo-can-remain-effect-during-challenge-appellate-court-says/406785/

The LA Times Guild plans to hold its first-ever strike authorization vote as contract talks near their third year; the union lost about 200 members since 2022 (Raquel 'Rocky' Harris/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/la-times-union-strike-authorization-vote/…

LA Times Union to Hold First-Ever Strike Authorization Vote as Contract Talks Near 3rd Year
Since negotiations began in September 2020, the guild has seen layoffs impact approximately 200 Times staffers.

How California reached a deal to let ride-hailing drivers unionize while reducing insurance requirements for Uber and Lyft, ending years of costly legal fights (Tyler Katzenberger/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/14/california-uber-lyft-union-00562…

Trump’s all-out assault on immigrant communities and the rule of law
escalated to new heights when federal agents beat and arrested
David Huerta, a prominent labor leader and president of the Service Employees International Union
– United Service Workers (West),
while Huerta and others were observing an ICE raid in Los Angeles, CA, on June 6.
Huerta was released from federal custody, but he is still being charged with felony conspiracy to impede an officer,

EXCLUSIVE: David Huerta, union leader beaten & arrested at ICE raid, speaks out
In his first public interview since he was beaten and arrested by federal agents in June, David Huerta, president of the Service Employees International Union - United Service Workers (West), speaks about the status of his case and the roles unions must play in the fight against fascism.

FLARE USA returns to Columbus Circle
https://www.washingtonian.com/2025/10/14/anti-trump-encampment-returns-to-union-station-after-bizarre-permit-revocation-saga/

Anti-Trump Encampment Returns to Union Station After Bizarre Permit Revocation Saga - Washingtonian
A 24-hour anti-Trump protest encampment outside Union Station has had its event permit reinstated after it was cleared by US Park Police and National Park Service employees earlier this month. The continuous encampment, which is run by FLARE USA, had been operating with a permit in Columbus Circle since May 1. In the early-morning hours

Mood: David Byrne - Road to nowhere (Live at The Union Chapel) [HQ]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti4DisTlfDY
> 'Road to nowhere' by David Byrne (Live at The Union Chapel).

An averaging result for union-closed families of sets
Christopher Bouchard
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.12537 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.12537

An averaging result for union-closed families of sets
Let $\mathcal{A}$ be a union-closed family of sets with base set $b(\mathcal{A})=\bigcup_{A \in \mathcal{A}}A$ denoted by $[n]=\{1, \cdots, n\}$, and for any real $x>0$, let $\mathcal{A}_{

Kabelsalat? Die EU sagt: 'Nicht mehr lange!' USB-C für alles, Leute! 🔌
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-10773228?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

📢 Verhandler von Union und SPD einig bei Wehrdienst-Lotterie
Die Fraktionen von Union und SPD haben sich nach Informationen des ARD-Hauptstadtstudios auf Änderungen am geplanten Wehrdienst-Modell verständigt. Zu der Einigung gehört demnach auch die Einführung eines Losverfahrens bei der Rekrutierung. Der Gesetzesentwurf wird zur Stunde in den Fraktionen vorgestellt. An diesem Donnerstag soll die erste Lesung im Bundestag fo…
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Verhandler von Union und SPD einig bei Wehrdienst-Losverfahren
Die Fraktionen von Union und SPD haben sich nach Informationen des ARD-Hauptstadtstudios auf Änderungen am geplanten Wehrdienst-Modell verständigt. Zu der Einigung gehören demnach auch Pläne für ein Losverfahren bei der Rekrutierung.

Just like the former Soviet-Union , I think we sometimes underestimate how weak Russia is, in comparison with the EU

DFB-Cup im Ticker - LIVE: Querfeld trifft bei Gala von Union Berlin #News #Nachrichten

eu_procurements_alt: EU national procurement networks (2008-2016)
These 234 networks represent the annual national public procurement markets of 26 European countries from 2008-2016, inclusive. Data is sourced from Tenders Electronic Daily (TED), the official procurement portal of the European Union.
This network has 26199 nodes and 48232 edges.
Tags: Economic, Commerce, Weighted, Temporal

Die zwei zentralen Werte der Stadtentwicklung:
- möglichst große Autos mit möglichst viel Abgasen
- Abschiebungen von Ausländern
Die AfD dürfte auch diesen Erfolg feiern, Stimmen mit Söder gewinnen und ihren Kurs zu noch mehr Extremismus fortführen.
https://www.

Muss sich das "Stadtbild" ändern? CSU-Debatte über Migration
Laut CSU-Vize Weber sollte die Union die Notwendigkeit von Zuwanderung für den Arbeitsmarkt mehr erklären. Bayern werde durch Migration vielfältiger. Parteichef Söder bleibt dagegen bei seiner Aussage, dass sich das Stadtbild wieder verändern müsse.

Die Union macht anti-urbane Politik, weil sie weiß, dass sie in Großstädten eher in den Stadtrandlagen gewählt wird.
https://www.golem.de/news/preisanstieg-deutschlandticket-soll-bald-64-euro-kosten-2509-200125.html

Preisanstieg: Deutschlandticket soll bald 64 Euro kosten - Golem.de
Die Landesverkehrsminister planen eine Erhöhung des Deutschlandticket-Preises um zehn Prozent sowie automatische Preisanpassungen ab 2027.

EU begrüßt alle Schritte hin zu Frieden
Die Europäische Union begrüßt das geplante Treffen zwischen US-Präsident Donald Trump und dem russischen Präsidenten Wladimir Putin, falls dies zum Frieden in der Ukraine beitragen kann. EU-Kommissionspräsidentin Ursula von der Leyen begrüße "alle Schritte, die einem gerechten und dauerhaften Frieden dienen", sagte Kommissionssprecher Olof Gill in Brüssel. Sollte das Treffen diesen Zwec…
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Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Ungarn bereitet Trump-Putin-Treffen vor ++
Ungarn beginnt mit den Vorbereitungen für ein Treffen zwischen US-Präsident Trump und Kremlchef Putin. Die von Moskau annektierte Halbinsel Krim und die russische Stadt Sotschi melden ukrainische Angriffe. Auch Russland griff mit Drohnen an.

UK techies' union warns members after breach exposes sensitive personal details
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/10/prospect_union_breach/

UK techies' union warns members after breach exposes sensitive personal details
: Prospect apologizes for cyber gaffe affecting up to 160K members

Exclusive: VA rescinds weeks of parental leave — even for some giving birth this week
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/15/va-maternity-leave-veterans-union

Flip side of this: ~3 years ago, I got automated calls from “RBC Visa”. I ignored them.
Then my card stopped working.
So I called the number on the back of my card and said as much.
The agent gave me a hard time: “So you JUST IGNORED our calls about this?”
“No; I didn’t know they were you calling.”
“How did you not know they were us?! It says ‘this is RBC Visa’ when you answer!”
“That’s indistinguishable from fraud.”
He did not like that. He thought …

Pig unions are a unifying structure of America's Freikorps. Just as the dismantling of the Wehrmacht left a whole lot of trained thugs with nothing to do in Germany, our falling crime rates have left cops in a similar position of idleness, except that they mostly still have jobs where they can create their own work. https://

Jess👾 (@JessTheUnstill@infosec.exchange)
Attached: 1 image "Head of Police Union Said" ... Okay I'm just gonna stop you right there. If a police union head said police officers are human beings, I'd start stockpiling wooden stakes, garlic, and holy water. Those motherfuckers make Fox News look trustworthy.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Union 13:
🎵 Roots Radicals
#Union13
https://open.spotify.com/track/3E5c1YmOrevqrlVayctCsi

Why is #Hungary still a member of the #EU?
If Orban doesn't have the decency and state morals to leave the Union himself, which he is so natively and consistently damaging and with which he wants nothing to do, then he should simply be thrown out.
There will certainly be ways to find a legal struct…

Source: 'Outrage' over surface at Steelers field https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46606524/source-players-miffed-surface-steelers-acrisure-stadium

communistisch sozialistische union

Comment on Decidability of Quasi-Dense Modal Logics by Lyon and Ostropolski-Nalewaja
Olivier Gasquet
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.11644 https://

Comment on Decidability of Quasi-Dense Modal Logics by Lyon and Ostropolski-Nalewaja
In \cite{Lyon24} the question of the decidability of quasi-dense modal logics is answered, and an upper bound in EXPSPACE is given. Unfortunately, authors' intricate proof contains a major flaw that cannot be fixed, leaving the question wide open. Once identified, this error roughly amounts to assuming that the union of two consistent sets is consistent, which is of course wrong.

„Die vergleichende Parteienforschung in Europa zeige klar, "dass Parteien, die konservativ daherkommen, die Themen der autoritären, nationalen, der Radikalen, der Rechtsradikalen imitieren, am Ende nicht nur verlieren, sondern am Ende sich auflösen."“
Sürpriz.

Having a union is like being on a version of Blind or Glassdoor where you can spill the tea *and* actually take collective action together with your coworkers. Recommended to say the very least!

In 1863, at the height of the Civil War, two Baton Rouge photographers captured an image of a former slave's horrifically scarred back that shocked white Americans across the Union.
Now that photo is among dozens of exhibits about slavery at several national parks, which have reportedly been ordered removed by the Trump administration.

National park to remove exhibit of famed photograph showing former slave’s scarred back, says report
The famous photo is among dozens of exhibits on slavery said to be nixed by the Trump administration

Imagine that a cease-fire would be implemented along current frontlines and it would hold for several years, Ukraine would become a EU member, economic integration with the EU would follow which would be beneficial to the union as a whole. Putin can not allow that to happen, especially because he can never be so succesful with his own failed state Russia (economically at least).
Putin prefers uncertainty, instability for Ukraine.

Perhaps the silver lining to the UK no longer being in the European Union is that it offers the opportunity to look at developments that are progressing at a different pace in the EU.
Here:
how clean consumer flexibility - EVs, heat pumps - can support the local grid, if allow it to.

Yes, consumer clean energy technologies can support the local grid — if we allow them to. Last week, I shared information about EU policy developments regarding device-level metering for charging… | Jaap Burger
Yes, consumer clean energy technologies can support the local grid — if we allow them to. Last week, I shared information about EU policy developments regarding device-level metering for charging points. This allows EV charging sessions to be measured accurately and enables the flexibility involved to be marketed. I cited the example of the UK, where this has recently become a practical reality, an opportunity to learn for other jurisdictions. Here is another example. The latest amendment to…

"In den vergangenen Monaten sind noch weitere bislang unbemerkte Schritte in die richtige Richtung passiert. So verliert die AfD zum Beispiel Boden auf #TikTok, weil nach dem Erfolg Heidi Reichinneks immer mehr Politiker demokratischer Parteien ihre Hemmungen verlieren und sich selbst auf der Plattform ausprobieren." Sebastian Leber

Die Union scheint dazugelernt zu haben: Der Tag, an dem der AfD-Shitstorm einfach verwehte
Monatelang trieb die rechte Empörungsindustrie die demokratischen Parteien vor sich her. Nun hat sich erstmals gezeigt, dass ihr Einfluss begrenzt ist. Das macht Hoffnung.

This sort of thing is a big reason why I really like my credit union and won't be using a commercial bank anytime soon.

So Carney tries to force AC employees back to work after less than 12 hours. Every day, he shows the Liberal Party has abandoned working people, and Carney is just the latest. Trudeau’s government didn’t care either.
“Steven Tufts, associate professor and labour geographer at York University, says Air Canada has become dependent on the federal government to solve its labour-relations issues.
He mentioned last year's dispute between the airline and the pilots' union. Air Canada asked for the government to be ready to step in before the two sides reached a tentative agreement in September 2024.”
#canpoli #cdnpoli #union #cupe #solidarity

Im Detail liegen die Abweichungen im Bereich der Fehlertoleranz. Wenn man zB die aggregierten Zahlen für eine Regierungsbeteiligung betrachtet, sieht es anders aus. Bei FGW haben CxU/SPD 42%, bei Forsa nur 37%.
Man könnte den Eindruck haben, hier wird mit Umfragen Politik gemacht.

Obvious enough, isn't it?
"Yousef Birzeit, an economics professor at Birzeit University,(Ramallah, Palestine) says the cost to rebuild Gaza will be far greater than the UN, European Union and World Bank estimate of about $50bn."
Estimated cost to rebuild Gaza not “sufficient” | Gaza | Al Jazeera

Estimated cost to rebuild Gaza not “sufficient”
The cost to rebuild Gaza will be far greater than the UN, European Union and World Bank estimate of $50bn

Exact alternative optima for nonlinear optimization problems defined with maximum component objective function constrained by the Sugeno-Weber fuzzy relational inequalities
Amin Ghodousian, Sara Zal, Minoo Ahmadi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.12669

Exact alternative optima for nonlinear optimization problems defined with maximum component objective function constrained by the Sugeno-Weber fuzzy relational inequalities
In this paper, we study a latticized optimization problem with fuzzy relational inequality constraints where the feasible region is formed as the intersection of two inequality fuzzy systems and Sugeno-Weber family of t-norms is considered as fuzzy composition. Sugeno-Weber family of t-norms and t-conorms is one of the most applied one in various fuzzy modelling problems. This family of t-norms and t-conorms was suggested by Weber for modeling intersection and union of fuzzy sets. Also, the t-c…

Towards Native AI in 6G Standardization: The Roadmap of Semantic Communication
Ping Zhang, Xiaodong Xu, Mengying Sun, Haixiao Gao, Nan Ma, Xiaoyun Wang, Ruichen Zhang, Jiacheng Wang, Dusit Niyato
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.12758

Towards Native AI in 6G Standardization: The Roadmap of Semantic Communication
Semantic communication (SemCom) has emerged as a transformative paradigm for future 6G networks, offering task-oriented and meaning-aware transmission that fundamentally redefines traditional bit-centric design. Recognized by leading standardization bodies including the institute of electrical and electronics engineers (IEEE) and the international telecommunication union (ITU), and actively discussed within the 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) working groups, SemCom is rapidly gaining …

Three-year Program in Logic and Debate. The Art of Reasoning in the Nālandā Tradition
https://ift.tt/4109k7B
University of Alaska - Fairbanks - Alaska & Polar Regions Area Studies Bibliographer & Curator of…
via Input 4 RELCFP

Fractured Union (Not Alone #4; The Discovery Trilogy #1) https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7830217388?utm_medium=api

What Trump’s Decertification of Federal Employee Unions Means https://jacobin.com/2025/08/trump-decertification-federal-employee-unions/
If there is a god, Trump will be struck dead by lightning then next time he’s on a golf course.

What Trump’s Decertification of Federal Employee Unions Means
The Trump administration moved ahead last week with its plans to void the collective bargaining agreements covering hundreds of thousands of federal workers. The labor movement appears largely quiescent in the face of this historic union busting.

The impact of the European Union's enlargement with the Western Balkans and the Association Trio on the power of member states in the Council
T\'imea Kov\'acs, D\'ora Gr\'eta Petr\'oczy, G\'abor P\'asztor
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.08914

The impact of the European Union's enlargement with the Western Balkans and the Association Trio on the power of member states in the Council
As of 2022, the European Union has taken several steps regarding enlargement. We focus on the accession of countries with which the Union is actively negotiating membership. This is examined under two enlargement scenarios: first, the enlargement along the lines of the Western Balkan countries, and second, the accession of a trio (Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia) to the already enlarged Union. We determine the a priori power of the member states based on the Banzhaf and Shapley--Shubik indices. V…

Don't know why there was such a delay in telling people about a breach from June (unless they didn't discover it until much later).
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/10/prospect_union_breach/

UK techies' union warns members after breach exposes sensitive personal details
: Prospect apologizes for cyber gaffe affecting up to 160K members

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SonicReducer
Pleasureboaters:
🎵 State of the Union
#Pleasureboaters
https://pleasureboaters.bandcamp.com/track/state-of-the-union

Warum ist #Ungarn eigentlich immer noch Mitglied der #EU?
Wenn Orban schon nicht so viel Anstand und Staatsmoral hat, die Union, die er so natdrücklich und konsequent schädigt und mit der er nichts zu tun haben will, selbst zu verlassen, dann sollte man ihn einfach hinauswerfen.
Es wird sicherlich Mögli…

@… Guess you're heading to Union Station in DC. . .
Not many folks feel safe with all those armed federal forces.

whats ur favorite historical communist propaganda

Vox Media's union says 15 members working at Eater were told without warning that their jobs were being cut, eliminating roughly a third of Eater's union jobs (Vox Media Union)
https://bsky.app/profile/voxmediaunion.bsky.social/post/3lvt4rtddyc2m

Vox Media Union (@voxmediaunion.bsky.social)
Vox Media Union statement on today's devastating round of layoffs at Eater. We stand with all of our wonderful colleagues. #solidarityforever #unionstrong #1u

Today, I'm at Bundesarchiv in Koblenz for the Strategy & Planning meeting of our project "Wiedergutmachung". Our task in this project is to develop efficient information extraction from historical case files of the German Postwar recompensation process of nationalsocialist injustice.
@… @…

Exact bounds for efficient consistent matrices obtained from a reciprocal matrix
Susana Furtado, Charles Johnson
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.12358 https://a…

Exact bounds for efficient consistent matrices obtained from a reciprocal matrix
For a given reciprocal matrix A, we give a union of matrix intervals in which any consistent matrix obtained from an efficient vector for A lies, and, conversely, any consistent matrix in this union comes from an efficient vector for A. The maximal sets of entries in the lower and upper bound matrices of each interval that are attainable by some consistent matrix in the interval are described. This allows us to understand which subsets of the alternatives lie above which other subsets in all ef…

Es gibt keine Totalverweigerer!! Niemand nutzt das System aus! Ein signifikanter Anteil der Ausgaben fürs Bürgergeld ging an „Aufstocker:innen”, Menschen welche trotz Arbeit nicht genug zum Leben haben! Alle nutzen die existierenden Sozialsysteme so wie sie sollen.
Es gibt keine Studie die belegt das „härtere Strafen” Arbeitslosigkeit verringern, es stärkt nur psychische Probleme und drängt mehr Menschen in die Obdachlosigkeit.
Man merkt wo eine Billionen Euro für Aufrüstung und…

NATO und EU laut Rutte wollen Drohnenschutz ausbauen
Die NATO und die Europäische Union (EU) arbeiten NATO-Generalsekretär Mark Rutte zufolge gemeinsam an der Errichtung eines "Drohnenschutzwalls", um sich vor Drohnenangriffen zu schützen. Auf die Frage, ob sie ihre Anstrengungen verdoppeln würden, sagte Rutte am Rande des NATO-Treffens der Verteidigungsminister, die EU und die NATO hätten unterschiedliche Rollen: Die NATO st…
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Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ NATO und EU arbeiten an "Drohnenschutzwall" ++
Laut NATO-Generalsekretär Rutte arbeitet das Verteidigungsbündnis gemeinsam mit der EU an einem Abwehrwall gegen Drohnen. Die Zahl junge Ukrainer, die als Schutzsuchende nach Deutschland kommen, ist im Sommer gestiegen.

Cosets of normal subgroups and union of two conjugacy classes
Antonio Beltr\'an
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.06367 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.06367

Cosets of normal subgroups and union of two conjugacy classes
Let $G$ be a finite group, $N$ a normal subgroup of $G$ and $x\in G-N$. We discuss when the coset $Nx$ is contained in the union of two conjugacy classes, $K$ and $D$, of $G$. We show that $N$ need not be solvable, and can even be non-abelian simple, but in these cases, $K$ and $D$ must have the same cardinality, and the non-solvable structure of $N$ is restricted. The non-abelian principal factors of $G$ contained in $N$ are then isomorphic to $S\times \cdots\times S$, where $S$ is a simple gr…

I liked the premise of this The Dig podcast, that it was going to tell me why Chicago's left-wing mayor is seemingly so unpopular, but it's very in the weeds and didn't provide much of an overview of the issues. Feels like it's only for people who are already Chicago politics junkies
https://

Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a bill that gives ride-hailing drivers in California the right to unionize while remaining classified as independent contractors (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/lyft-uber-rideshare-driver-union-cali…

California Uber and Lyft drivers get union rights
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill allowing 800,000 Uber and Lyft drivers in the state to join a union and bargain collectively for better wages and benefits. The legislation is a significant compromise in the yearslong battle between labor unions and tech companies over drivers’ rights. California is the second state to give rideshare drivers the right to unionize. In exchange, Newsom also agreed to sign a bill supported by Uber and Lyft to lower the companies’ insurance requir…

Naively, I would expect the D.C. police department, and their union leaders, to be insulted, or at least embarrassed by, Trump’s newest EDT (Epstein diversion tactic) instead of praising it like they are.

Confluent hypergeometric kernel determinant on multiple large intervals
Taiyang Xu, Lun Zhang, Zhengyang Zhao
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.10463 https://arxi…

Confluent hypergeometric kernel determinant on multiple large intervals
The confluent hypergeometric point process represents a universality class which arises in a variety of different but related areas. It particularly describes the local statistics of eigenvalues in the bulk of spectrum near a Fisher-Hartwig singular point for a broad class of unitary ensembles. It is the aim of this work to investigate large gap asymptotics of this process over a union of disjoint intervals $\cup_{j=0}^{n}(sa_j,sb_j)$, where $a_0

The question for Europe's car industry is not whether to reach "2035" a year earlier or later, or what the market will look like in a decade. The question should be: what will the car market look like in a fortnight?
Fresh comparison Thailand - EU from the #ICCT earlier figure from the #IEA

@… Why have you branded your "Edinburgh" account with the union flag instead of the Saltire?

European Parliament report on Hungary:
Message: the Hungarian Rule of Law has worsened significantly. Therefore, the EU must freeze more funds and take away Orbšn's veto.
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/LIBE-PR-777005_EN.html…

DRAFT INTERIM REPORT on the proposal for a Council decision determining, pursuant to Article 7(1) of the Treaty on European Union, the existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded | LIBE_PR(2025)777005 | European Parliament
DRAFT INTERIM REPORT on the proposal for a Council decision determining, pursuant to Article 7(1) of the Treaty on European Union, the existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded (C9-0000/2022 - 2018/0902R(NLE)) Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Rapporteur: Tineke Strik

The Norwegian Trade Union Association, Anarcho-syndicalism in Norway!
The NSF-IAA upholds the anarcho-syndicalist tradition in Norway, rooted in the organization’s founding in 1917 and its historic commitment to the principles of direct action, federalism, and worker self-management. The NSF has been a section of the International Workers’ Association (IWA-AIT) since 1922, maintaining its place within the international anarcho-syndicalist movement.
It makes me smile to see the NS…

"An E.U. Plan to Slash Micropollutants in Wastewater Is Under Attack"
#EU #EuropeanUnion #Pollution

An E.U. Plan to Slash Micropollutants in Wastewater Is Under Attack
Earlier this year, a European Union directive mandated advanced treatment of micropollutants in wastewater, with the cost to be borne by polluters. But the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries, which are responsible for most of those contaminants, are now pushing back.

EPA axes union contract
https://thehill.com/newsletters/energy-environment/5447207-epa-axes-union-contract/

Bin gespannt, wie die Union mit ihrem Zwang zum einfach populistischen Schwarz-Weiß-Denken durch den Israel-Palästina-Konflikt manövriert.
Der Konflikt ist für Populisten zu komplex und die Bierzeltschreier zu kompliziert als dass sie zu einer einhaschen Haltung kommen könnten, so lange Menschenrechte und -würde darin eine Rolle spielen sollten. Allerdings nimmt der Einfluss der AfD immer mehr zu. Damit dürfte in der Union auch das Festhalten an Grundwerten schwächer werden.

$k$-Fair Coalitions in Graphs
Abbas Jafari, Saeid Alikhani
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.11358 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.11358…

$k$-Fair Coalitions in Graphs
Let $G = (V,E)$ be a simple graph. A subset $S \subseteq V$ is called a $k$-fair dominating set if every vertex not in $S$ has exactly $k$ neighbors in $S$. Two disjoint sets $A, B \subseteq V$ form a $k$-fair coalition of $G$ if neither $A$ nor $B$ is a $k$-fair dominating set and the union $A \cup B$ is a $k$-fair dominating set of $G$. A partition $π= \{V_1, V_2, \ldots, V_m\}$ of $V$ is called a $k$-fair coalition partition, if every set $V_i\inπ$, either $V_i$ is a $k$-fair dominating se…

Spahn: "Anlasslose Chatkontrolle wird es mit uns nicht geben"
Fraktionschef Spahn erteilt der anlasslosen Chatkontrolle für die Union im Bundestag eine Absage. Offenbar soll die Abstimmung im EU-Rat verschoben werden.

Sources: NFLPA puts one of top lawyers on leave https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45983157/nflpa-puts-lawyer-allegations-led-fbi-probe-leave-sources-say

Spahn und Miersch überraschend in Ukraine
Die Vorsitzenden der beiden Koalitionsfraktionen, Jens Spahn (CDU/CSU) und Matthias Miersch (SPD), sind zu einem gemeinsamen Solidaritätsbesuch in der von Russland angegriffenen Ukraine eingetroffen. In der Hauptstadt Kiew wollen sie im Laufe des Tages Gespräche über die weitere deutsche Unterstützung der Ukraine und die diplomatischen Bemühungen um ein Ende…
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Fraktionsvorsitzende von Union und SPD Spahn und Miersch sind überraschend in Kiew
Fraktionsvorsitzende von Union und SPD Spahn und Miersch sind überraschend in Kiew

DC’s Police Union Head Is the Biggest Cheerleader of Trump’s DC Police Takeover;
Gregg Pemberton amplifies Trump’s crime narrative. He says it all goes back to the city’s policing reforms.
https://www.washingtonian.com/2025/08/28/d

DC’s Police Union Head Is the Biggest Cheerleader of Trump’s DC Police Takeover - Washingtonian
Soon after he ordered a federal takeover of DC’s police department, President Trump announced a Department of Justice inquiry into whether police higher-ups had manipulated data to give the false impression that crime declined this year. The announcement coincided with one of DC Police Union chair Gregg Pemberton’s Fox News appearances. In the segment, Pemberton—who

Here is a “revolutionary idea”.
Let’s take a look at a bunch of male-dominated jobs where men are required to work more than 10-18 hours a day.
I am willing to bet that even on average they are better compensated, probably including overtime.
Now increase flight attendant compensation to be better than that.
#racetothebottom #union #aircanada #workerrights #strike #canpoli

Eastern Noir Cinema: the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and China in the 1980s https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/10/07/eastern-noir-cinema-the-soviet-union-eastern-europe-and-china-in-the-1980s…

qa_user: User interactions on Q&A websites (2016)
Networks of interactions among users from four online Q&A sites: Stack Overflow, Math Overflow, Super User, and Ask Ubuntu. A directed edge (i,j) indicates a user i responded to user j's post. Edges are timestamped. For each Q&A site, four differently defined networks are provided, based on the definition of an edge: (i) a user answered a question, (ii) a user commented on a question, (iii) a user commented on an answer…

Krach in der Union - Merz‘ Israel-Wende stößt Schwesterpartei sauer auf #News #Nachrichten

📢 SPD schlägt Sigrid Emmenegger als Kandidatin für Bundesverfassungsgericht vor
Nach der geplatzten Richterwahl hat die SPD-Bundestagsfraktion eine neue Kandidatin für das Bundesverfassungsgericht vorgeschlagen: die Verwaltungsrichterin Sigrid Emmenegger. Das geht aus einem Brief der parlamentarischen Geschäftsführer von Union und SPD an die Fraktionen hervor, der dem ARD-Hauptstadtstudio vorliegt.
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SPD schlägt Sigrid Emmenegger als Kandidatin für Bundesverfassungsgericht vor
Nach der geplatzten Richterwahl hat die SPD-Bundestagsfraktion eine neue Kandidatin für das Bundesverfassungsgericht vorgeschlagen: die Verwaltungsrichterin Sigrid Emmenegger. Das geht aus einem Brief der parlamentarischen Geschäftsführer von Union und SPD an die Fraktionen hervor, der dem ARD-Hauptstadtstudio vorliegt.

Spahn setzt auf starke Unterstützung der Ukraine
Unions-Fraktionschef Jens Spahn hat bei seinem Besuch in Kiew die Bedeutung europäischer Unterstützung für die Ukraine betont. "Putin testet uns gerade aus: Wie ernst meinen die das noch? Oder gehen die in die Gespräche mit einer schwachen Position hinein?", sagte Spahn im Interview auf tagesschau24. Daher sei es gerade jetzt wichtig, Stärke und milit…
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Jens Spahn, Fraktionsvorsitzender Union, zum Krieg in der Ukraine und zur westlichen Unterstützung für das Land
Jens Spahn, Fraktionsvorsitzender Union, zum Krieg in der Ukraine und zur westlichen Unterstützung für das Land

CDC shooter blamed COVID vaccine for depression; union demands statement against misinformation
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/08/cdc-shooter-blamed-covid-vaccine-for-depression-union-demands-statement-against-misinformation/

SAG-AFTRA announces a new agreement tailored for serialized microdramas, or "verticals", with budgets under $300K that it plans to circulate later this month (Katie Kilkenny/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

SAG-AFTRA Gets In the Verticals Game
The union will be circulating a new agreement for microdramas with budgets under $300,000 later this month.

Ich muss noch mal ein gas energisches Lob für die gas tolle letzte Sendung der Gas-​#Anstalt aussprechen... https://www.zdf.de/video/shows/die-anstalt-104/die-anstalt…

Union unter Strom
Das Anstaltsensemble versucht, die Rettung der Wirtschaft vor dem Klima in eine Rettung des Klimas durch die Wirtschaft umzuwandeln.

Google's Ad Transparency tool no longer shows any political ads, past or present, from any EU countries ahead of new EU ad transparency regulations (Samantha Cole/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/google-ad-transparency-european-union/

Google Just Removed Seven Years of Political Advertising History from 27 Countries
Ahead of the European Union's Regulation on Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising, Google's Ad Transparency Center no longer shows political ads from any countries in the EU.

“The airline's latest offer included a 38 per cent increase in total compensation, including benefits and pensions over four years, that it said "would have made our flight attendants the best compensated in Canada." “
Ya…. Because I am sure WestJet and ultra-budget Flair are so well compensated. 🙄
#racetothebottom
#union #aircanada #workerrights #strike #canpoli

Das Verfahren zum #AfDVerbot muss kommen, bevor uns diese Chancen zum Schutz unseres Landes von der AfD genommen werden kann!
https://mstdn.social/@ntv/115174292597130641

ntv Nachrichten ✅ (@ntv@mstdn.social)
Attached: 1 image RTL/ntv-Trendbarometer: Union hängt hinter AfD fest, SPD im Niemandsland https://www.n-tv.de/mediathek/videos/politik/Union-haengt-hinter-AfD-fest-SPD-im-Niemandsland-article26020651.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Newsroom union members at the Los Angeles Times vote to authorize a strike as they raise the pressure for a new contract after three years of negotiations (Katie Kilkenny/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

Los Angeles Times Journalists Authorize a Strike
Eight-five percent of participating members voted to empower the newsroom union to call a potential work stoppage.

AfD mit Umfrage-Höchstwert - Experte sieht Schwächen bei Merz-Union
Im Politbarometer erreicht die AfD ihren bislang höchsten Wert. Um Wähler zurückzugewinnen, dürfe die Union nicht die Themen der AfD imitieren, erklärt der Politologe Korte. #CDU #FckAfD
Spahn, Linnemann & Co raffen es nich…

The American Civil Liberties Union of South Carolina filed a lawsuit Friday against Clemson University,
accusing the school of violating the First Amendment by firing a faculty member over a Facebook post criticizing the late conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.
The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court on behalf of former assistant professor
Joshua Bregy,
seeks his reinstatement, corrections to his personnel record and monetary damages.
“The First Amendme…

ACLU sues Clemson for firing professor over Facebook post criticizing Charlie Kirk
The American Civil Liberties Union of South Carolina filed a lawsuit Friday against Clemson University, accusing the school of violating the First Amendment by

On the quadratic complexity of subsets of $\mathbb{F}_p^n$ of bounded $\mathrm{VC_{2}}$-dimension
C. Terry, J. Wolf
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.12767 https://

On the quadratic complexity of subsets of $\mathbb{F}_p^n$ of bounded $\mathrm{VC_{2}}$-dimension
In prior work, we showed that subsets of $\mathbb{F}_{p}^{n}$ of $\mathrm{VC_{2}}$-dimension at most $k$ are well approximated by a union of atoms of a quadratic factor of complexity $(\ell,q)$, where the complexity $\ell$ of the linear part and the complexity $q$ of the quadratic part are both bounded in terms of $k$, $p$, and the desired level of approximation $μ$. A key tool in the proof of this result was an arithmetic regularity lemma for the Gowers $U^3$-norm by Green and Tao, which resu…

Bericht von Eltern aus Sachsen, die ihren Sohn an einen freidrehenden Rechtsextremismus verlieren. Die Union und allen voran Innenminister Alexander #Dobrindt versagen beim Schutz unserer Kinder auf voller Linie.
Eltern und Schulen werden mit immer besser strukturierten Neonazi-Szene alleine gelassen, die so groß werden kann, weil die Union die groß werden lässt und nichts unternimmt, um di…

Wenn der Sohn Nazi-Klamotten will: „Wir haben Angst, ihn zu verlieren“
Offenheit, Toleranz – dazu wollten Clara und Bernd Reinhold ihre Kinder erziehen. Dann schimpft ihr Junge über „scheiß Ausländer“ und bestellt Kleidung bei einer rechtsextremen Partei. Wo kommt das her?

Trump was set to officially begin levying higher import taxes on dozens of countries Thursday,
-- just as the economic fallout of his monthslong tariff threats has begun to create visible damage for the U.S. economy.
The White House said that starting just after midnight that goods from more than 60 countries and the European Union would face tariff rates of 10% or higher.
Products from the European Union, Japan and South Korea will be taxed at 15%, while imports from Taiw…

Spahn und Miersch offen für Nutzung russischen Vermögens
Die Fraktionschefs von Union und SPD, Jens Spahn und Matthias Miersch, haben sich offen für die Nutzung des eingefrorenen russischen Vermögens zur Unterstützung der Ukraine gezeigt. Miersch verwies auf die laufenden Gespräche zwischen den Europäern über weitere Sanktionen gegen Russland und sagte: "Insofern liegen alle Optionen auf dem Tisch."
Nach früheren Kommissions…
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Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Spahn und Miersch treffen Selenskyj ++
Die Vorsitzenden der Koalitionsfraktionen, Spahn und Miersch, sind bei einem Besuch in Kiew von Präsident Selenskyj empfangen worden. Serbiens Präsident Vucic will in China mit Putin zusammenkommen.

A neighborhood union condition for the existence of a spanning tree without samll degree vertices
Yibo Li, Fengming Dong, Huiqing Liu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.07655 https://…

A neighborhood union condition for the existence of a spanning tree without samll degree vertices
For an integer k\ge2, a [2,k]-ST of a connected graph G is a spanning tree of G in which there are no vertices of degree between 2 and k. A [2,k]-ST is a natural extension of a homeomorphically irreducible spanning tree (HIST), which is a spanning tree without vertices of degree 2. In this paper, we give a neighborhood union condition for the existence of a [2,k]-ST in G. We generalize a known degree sum condition that guarantees the existence of a [2,k]-ST in G.

Google's Ad Transparency tool no longer shows any political ads, past or present, from any EU countries ahead of new EU ad transparency regulations (Samantha Cole/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/google-ad-transparency-european-union/

Google Just Removed Seven Years of Political Advertising History from 27 Countries
Ahead of the European Union's Regulation on Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising, Google's Ad Transparency Center no longer shows political ads from any countries in the EU.

Education Dept. wipes out special ed office, union says: the agency cut nearly everyone who works to administer federal funding for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, one staffer said.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2025/10/11/education-department-special-ed-office-layoffs-shutdown/86646104007/

On Sunday, July 20, 2025, TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez delivered the keynote speech at the national convention of the National Organization of Legal Services Workers (NOLSW), UAW Local 2320.
“I am here to report back to you from the front lines of struggle, without hesitation or hyperbole,
that we are at risk of losing everything,”
Alvarez told the crowd of union members.
“And so I am here not to extol the virtues of your union or the value of unions in …

What good is a union in Hell?
“Brothers, sisters, siblings, we stand here now on the precipice of oblivion… This isn't just about fighting for better wages and working conditions… This is about who is willing to fight for life itself?”

Spahn und Miersch treffen Selenskyj
Die Vorsitzenden der Koalitionsfraktionen, Jens Spahn und Matthias Miersch, sind bei einem Besuch in Kiew von Präsident Wolodymyr Selenskyj empfangen worden. Dieser dankte Deutschland für die "Führungsrolle" bei der Unterstützung seines Landes. Die Unions-Fraktion erklärte im Onlinedienst X, bei dem Treffen hätten sie "deutlich gemacht, dass die Regierungsfraktion…
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Reise der Fraktionschefs: Miersch und Spahn gemeinsam in Kiew
Die Fraktionschefs von SPD und Union sind gemeinsam in die Ukraine gereist - ein Novum. Miersch und Spahn wollen dort über Hilfszusagen sprechen. Die Reise ist aber auch ein Signal an die deutsche Öffentlichkeit.

Republican Speaker Mike Johnson thinks the “No Kings” rally planned for next week is a “Hate America” rally meant to extend the government shutdown
—something someone who has never been to a “No Kings” event would say. 
The “No Kings” rally is a nationwide action with a very simple goal:
oppose the blatantly authoritarian tilt of the Trump administration.
The protests are supported by groups like the Human Rights Campaign,
the American Civil Liberties Union,

Mike Johnson Blames Shutdown on “No Kings” Protest in Absurd Rant
The House speaker is blaming the Republican-led government shutdown on Americans protesting Donald Trump. Make that make sense.