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by Benjamin G. Wright

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They’ve got their own ‘white’ sausage. It just isn’t particularly well known outside of German-speaking areas.
A guide to different types of sausages | simply Munich
From Yellow sausage to Presssack: Munich inns and butchers offer many traditional types of sausage. An overview.
www.munich.travel
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by Thomas Bedorf — Reposted by: Benjamin G. Wright, Dagmar Hoffmann, Robert Seyfert

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Senate von zehn großen Universitäten in NRW protestieren gegen Sparpolitik des Ministeriums. Ohnehin schon (aufgrund der Drittmittelfokussierung) enge Ausstattung geht auf Kosten der Studis: news.rub.de/presseinform...
Was @nnwiss.bsky.social und andere schon lange sagen.
Senate von zehn NRW-Universitäten warnen vor massiven Folgen
Resolution der Senate fordert Erhalt der Grundfinanzierung: Hochschulen als Investition in die Zukunft sichern!
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Reposted by: Benjamin G. Wright, Suresh Venkatasubramanian, Peter Thorne , and 30 more

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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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Reposted by: Benjamin G. Wright, Jesse H. Kroll, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham

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the only AI i need is an earpiece i can wear at my kid's birthday party that tells me the name of the parent i've met like four times before
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by Benjamin G. Wright

benjaminwright.bsky.social
Good for them for taking action. I hope they can leverage peak travel season to end the wage theft. ✊
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Aug 14
Breaking News: Air Canada has started canceling flights ahead of a potential strike by its flight attendants on Saturday that could ground 130,000 passengers a day. The flight attendants are seeking improved wages and compensation for work they do before flights take off and after they land.
Air Canada Cancels Flights Ahead of Possible Flight Attendant Strike
The dominant air carrier in Canada set in motion a process that could ground 130,000 passengers a day by Saturday.
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nytimes.com
Breaking News: Air Canada has started canceling flights ahead of a potential strike by its flight attendants on Saturday that could ground 130,000 passengers a day. The flight attendants are seeking improved wages and compensation for work they do before flights take off and after they land.
Air Canada Cancels Flights Ahead of Possible Flight Attendant Strike
The dominant air carrier in Canada set in motion a process that could ground 130,000 passengers a day by Saturday.
nyti.ms
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by Benjamin G. Wright

benjaminwright.bsky.social
Auch an den Universitäten tappen viele in die Teilzeit-Falle.

Vielleicht wird die befristete Teilzeit-Stelle irgendwann entfristet, aber die Aufstockung auf Vollzeit bleibt sehr häufig aus.
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ÖGB @oegb.bsky.social · Jul 26
Teilzeit-Bashing boomt. Aber wen meint man damit?

Die Besserverdienenden mit ihrer vermeintlichen „Luxus-Work-Life-Balance” oder diejenigen, die mehr arbeiten wollen, aber nicht können?

Wir sind dieser neoliberalen Träumerei auf den Grund gegangen:
Wer Teilzeit bietet, wird Teilzeit ernten
Weniger zu arbeiten ist keine freiwillige Entscheidung, sondern eine Notlage. Das erzählen uns auch unsere User:innen.
www.oegb.at
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oegb.bsky.social
Teilzeit-Bashing boomt. Aber wen meint man damit?

Die Besserverdienenden mit ihrer vermeintlichen „Luxus-Work-Life-Balance” oder diejenigen, die mehr arbeiten wollen, aber nicht können?

Wir sind dieser neoliberalen Träumerei auf den Grund gegangen:
Wer Teilzeit bietet, wird Teilzeit ernten
Weniger zu arbeiten ist keine freiwillige Entscheidung, sondern eine Notlage. Das erzählen uns auch unsere User:innen.
www.oegb.at
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Reposted by: Benjamin G. Wright, Andy Purvis, William F. Lamb , and 1 more

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Word of the Day is ‘uhtcearu’ [ucht-kay-aru, with the 'ch' as in the Scottish ‘loch']:

Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
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If schools were actually preparing kids for white-collar work they wouldn't be phone-free, you'd have to have your phone on your desk all day for the authenticator apps
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by Benjamin G. Wright

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A more far-reaching expansion of the franchise than letting 16-year-olds vote.
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · Jul 21
This is so sensible - and about time too. theconversation.com/automatic-vo...
Automatic voter registration: a huge step forward for democracy – and a chance to bring missing millions into elections
As part of a raft of new measures, people will no longer need to register themselves to vote.
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by Tim Bale — Reposted by: Benjamin G. Wright, Tim Bale

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This is so sensible - and about time too. theconversation.com/automatic-vo...
Automatic voter registration: a huge step forward for democracy – and a chance to bring missing millions into elections
As part of a raft of new measures, people will no longer need to register themselves to vote.
theconversation.com
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nteunion.bsky.social
“The longer the picket line, the shorter the strike.”

Good vibes at NTEU’s bargaining forum today. 🙌
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Reposted by: Benjamin G. Wright

opinionhaver.bsky.social
workers have the right to collectively bargain, unions are generally effective at protecting member's interests, those interests are more likely to overlap with those of the public at large than those of management, but are not guaranteed to do so. there, that's all the discourse there is to be had.
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Reposted by: Benjamin G. Wright, Ralf Michaels, Paul Lehmann

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Anne Hildagos Begrünung von Paris "zeigt in der aktuellen Hitzewelle erste, teils spektakuläre Resultate", schreibt der Standard: In den renaturierten Straßen und Vierteln ist es um bis zu vier Grad weniger heiß, auf den begrünten Dächern sind die Dachtemperaturen von 67,5 auf 35,7 Grad gesunken.
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by Benjamin G. Wright

benjaminwright.bsky.social
My son spent the first 13 days of his life in the neonatal intensive care unit of an Austrian hospital.

Never once did I have to think about how much it was going to cost and how long it might take me to pay it off.

When it finally came, the bill was €230.
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · Jun 30
No one who gets sick or injured should have to think "How much will this cost me?" before seeking care. Citizen or not.

When I broke my foot in New Zealand, I paid $0 for doctors, X-rays, boot, etc.

If other countries can do this, we can and should, too.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
I got an ambulance ride, CT scan and ER care in Brazil. My bill: $0.
As Washington battles over access to health care, a Post journalist’s experience at a public hospital in Brazil shone light on a fundamentally different system.
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by Families — Reposted by: Benjamin G. Wright

jessicacalarco.com
No one who gets sick or injured should have to think "How much will this cost me?" before seeking care. Citizen or not.

When I broke my foot in New Zealand, I paid $0 for doctors, X-rays, boot, etc.

If other countries can do this, we can and should, too.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
I got an ambulance ride, CT scan and ER care in Brazil. My bill: $0.
As Washington battles over access to health care, a Post journalist’s experience at a public hospital in Brazil shone light on a fundamentally different system.
www.washingtonpost.com
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Reposted by: Benjamin G. Wright

obsfrankfurt.bsky.social
Das Vermögen in #Europa ist ungleich verteilt.

💰 Während einige Menschen riesige Vermögen anhäufen, kämpfen viele andere ums Überleben. Die Forbes „World’s Billionaires“-Liste zeigt, dass die Reichen immer reicher werden und die Armen immer ärmer.
#Umverteilung #Ungleichheit
Auf dem Bild ist eine Grafik von Europa zu sehen. Die Überschrift lautet "Vermögensungleichheit" Darunter steht folgender Text: "Besonders in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz sind Vermögen ungleich verteilt. Das oberste Prozent der Haushalte in diesen Ländern hält rund 30-40% des Gesamtvermögens." In der rechten unteren Ecke befindet sich ein Logo der Otto Brenner Stiftung
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by Benjamin G. Wright

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EPSU @epsu.bsky.social · May 16
🌈 Nearly 1 in 5 LGBTIQ workers in Europe face discrimination at work. For trans & intersex workers, it’s 1 in 3. Ahead of #IDAHOBIT, Europe’s unions say: enough. Every worker deserves dignity, safety & equality.

Read the joint ETUFs statement 👉 www.epsu.org/article/trad...
A raised fist with a rainbow stripe painted down the forearm. Text reads: “European trade unions’ joint statement – LGBTIQI discrimination strongest felt at work.” Logos of multiple European trade union federations appear at the bottom.
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epsu.bsky.social
🌈 Nearly 1 in 5 LGBTIQ workers in Europe face discrimination at work. For trans & intersex workers, it’s 1 in 3. Ahead of #IDAHOBIT, Europe’s unions say: enough. Every worker deserves dignity, safety & equality.

Read the joint ETUFs statement 👉 www.epsu.org/article/trad...
A raised fist with a rainbow stripe painted down the forearm. Text reads: “European trade unions’ joint statement – LGBTIQI discrimination strongest felt at work.” Logos of multiple European trade union federations appear at the bottom.
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Reposted by: Benjamin G. Wright

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Klaas Dijkhoff: VVD moet met GL-PvdA samenwerken tegen antidemocratisch populisme www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikel...
Klaas Dijkhoff: VVD moet met GL-PvdA samenwerken tegen antidemocratisch populisme - Joop - BNNVARA
Als het aan voormalig VVD-fractieleider Klaas Dijkhoff ligt, moet zijn partij gaan samenwerken met GroenLinks-PvdA.
www.bnnvara.nl
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by Benjamin G. Wright

benjaminwright.bsky.social
This problem seems to be solving itself: In Germany, Tesla sales declined 76% in February while EV sales in the country rose 30.8% overall.
Tesla sales are reportedly falling globally. How bad it is and where.
It seems Elon Musk, Trump, and DOGE are bad for the EV business.
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by Benjamin G. Wright

benjaminwright.bsky.social
@nytopinion.nytimes.com, looking forward to Part II: Interviews with voters who didn’t vote for far-right parties.
Huge majorities of Dutch and Austrian voters don’t lie awake worried about other people’s gender or immigrants on welfare and don’t want to feed their democracies to the wolves.
www.nytimes.com

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"'I have no peasants, my friend, and that is why no one curses me.'"
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by Benjamin G. Wright

benjaminwright.bsky.social
Today, the unpretentious Viennese sausage stand assumes its rightful place in the Intangible Cultural Heritage pantheon, #UNESCO having recognized, among other qualities, its “relaxed atmosphere and the vocabulary that has formed around it.”
From wien.orf.at, one of more than 100 sausage stands in Vienna
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by Benjamin G. Wright

benjaminwright.bsky.social
Es hilft, dass man in DE und AT Koalitionen bilden muss.
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klenkflorian.bsky.social
Mah ist das nett hier. Das hat man schon fast vergessen, dass es auch nett sein kann. 🥰😍😘
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