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prau<p>"The issue is not the right to form associations. It is whether or not any association of private citizens should be granted the privilege of resorting with impunity to violent action. It is the same problem that relates to the activities of the Ku Klux Klan." — Ludwig von Mises, Human Action.<br><a href="https://mises.org/library/book/human-action" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mises.org/library/book/human-a</span><span class="invisible">ction</span></a><br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/mises" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mises</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/liberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>liberalism</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/misesquotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>misesquotes</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a></p>
Alo Japan<p><a href="https://www.alojapan.com/1344139/economists-welcome-rise-in-foreign-workers-in-japan-nikkei-survey/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">alojapan.com/1344139/economist</span><span class="invisible">s-welcome-rise-in-foreign-workers-in-japan-nikkei-survey/</span></a> Economists welcome rise in foreign workers in Japan: Nikkei survey <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Economists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economists</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Foreign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Foreign</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/JapanNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JapanNews</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/JapanTopics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JapanTopics</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Nikkei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nikkei</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/rise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rise</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Survey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Survey</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/welcome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>welcome</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> TOKYO — &nbsp;A Nikkei survey found that a majority of economists believe the increase in the number of foreign residents in Japan will enhance the country’s fiscal balance, driven by their&nbsp;tax and social insurance contributions, and help to raise&nbsp;the living standards of the average Ja</p>
Stuff I foundNot for as long as landlords, employers and governments consistently lie to us!<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/activism?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#activism</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/anarchism?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#anarchism</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/government?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#government</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/landlord?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#landlord</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/employer?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#employer</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/workers?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#workers</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/workersrights?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#workersrights</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/workersunite?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#workersunite</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/labour?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#labour</a>
Nando161<p>"it is the job of the <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> to <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/liberate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>liberate</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/themselves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>themselves</span></a> because the <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/rulingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rulingclass</span></a> will never give up <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a>"</p><p><a href="https://www.tumblr.com/nando161mando/791557178869923840" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tumblr.com/nando161mando/79155</span><span class="invisible">7178869923840</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>Phillip Inman's suggestion for a volunteer workforce of boomers (to make up for their luck &amp; political resistance to wholesale tax reform) is all very well as an inter-generational poetical justice but of course not only involves the (sometimes difficult, as he acknowledges) management of volunteers, also presents a major problem around paid work.</p><p>Having more voluntary 'work' undermines any programme to make work pay, and to provide 'good work' for the young!</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/aug/09/if-boomers-dont-want-wealth-taxes-they-can-give-their-time-and-skills" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2025/</span><span class="invisible">aug/09/if-boomers-dont-want-wealth-taxes-they-can-give-their-time-and-skills</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>After April, economic reports show that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hiring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hiring</span></a> began to stall, inflationary pressures crept upward &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/home" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>home</span></a> values in key markets started to decline, said John Silvia, CEO of Dynamic Economic Strategy.</p><p>“A less productive <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> requires fewer <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a>,” Silvia said in an analysis note. “But there is more, the higher tariff prices lower workers’ real <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wages</span></a>. The economy has become less productive, &amp; firms cannot pay the same real wages as before. Actions have consequences.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>By contrast, the bipartisan <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CHIPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CHIPS</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> Act signed into <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> in 2022 by then-President Joe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> provided more than $50 billion to support new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computer</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chip</span></a> plants, fund <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> &amp; train <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> for the industry. The mix of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a> support, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TaxCredits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaxCredits</span></a> &amp; other financial incentives were meant to draw in private investment, a strategy that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has vocally opposed.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PersonalFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalFinance</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trumpcession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpcession</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>The workplace tussle over hybrid working continues to see managers demand workers be 'on site'; now 48% of firms are seeking full time attendance at the workplace (up from 27% two years ago) despite pretty clear evidence that hybrid working enhances worker well-being &amp; has a positive impact on productivity (although less that 20% of firms/managers agree with that proposition).</p><p>Its just one more sign of rubbish managers' need to have staff present to 'manage' them!</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/management" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>management</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> <br>h/t FT</p>
Texas Observer<p>New from Josephine Lee: Workers in the <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Veterans</span></a> Affairs Health System face increasing hostility, delays, and dwindling support. The struggle is even harder for the 45% of <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> who are vets too. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/veterans-texas-healthcare-doge-trump/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/veterans-tex</span><span class="invisible">as-healthcare-doge-trump/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>The public is not keen on dynamic pricing (i.e. for concert tickets), but imagine what its like to have dynamic pricing shape your pay (Uber &amp; Deliveroo drivers already do); its the latest worker-exploiting aspect of the gig economy.</p><p>The advantages of expanding the uncertainty of wages for gig economy workers accrue to the 'employer', effectively reducing wages.</p><p>The gig economy is a mechanism for impoverishing workers &amp; needs better regulation. </p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/gigeconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gigeconomy</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> <br>h/t Sarah O'Connor, FT</p>
Interregnum<p>A collection of talks, media appearances and articles by Interregnum's Panos Theodoropoulos that relate to the publication of The Precarious Migrant Worker: The Socialization of Precarity (Polity Press, 2025). </p><p><a href="https://interregnum.ghost.io/the-precarious-migrant-worker-around-the-world/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">interregnum.ghost.io/the-preca</span><span class="invisible">rious-migrant-worker-around-the-world/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.servus.at/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://social.servus.at/tags/booklaunch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>booklaunch</span></a> <a href="https://social.servus.at/tags/migrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>migrant</span></a> <a href="https://social.servus.at/tags/migrantworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>migrantworkers</span></a> <a href="https://social.servus.at/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solidarity</span></a> <a href="https://social.servus.at/tags/precarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>precarity</span></a> <a href="https://social.servus.at/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://social.servus.at/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> <a href="https://social.servus.at/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> <a href="https://social.servus.at/tags/sociology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sociology</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>As the danger of AI-related technological unemployment becomes ever more evident the Q. is what sort of work will remain when the chatbots have stolen people's jobs?</p><p>Optimistically, Anjli Raval (FT), suggests that there are a range of jobs that AI will be unable to do... which maps onto previous argument about technological unemployment; jobs that require interpersonal contact, empathy &amp; human contact will be 'safe'.</p><p>But, those sort of jobs have remained relatively lowly paid.</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a></p>
נאריש זשלאָב מענטש<p>"<a href="https://babka.social/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> has long stood as a platform to help us see the world in a new light. However, for <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artist</span></a> Mierle Laderman Ukeles, it became something more: a tool for revolution, making the invisible visible. Through her work, Ukeles has spent decades spotlighting the overlooked and often <a href="https://babka.social/tags/invisiblelabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>invisiblelabor</span></a> that keeps cities running, particularly the <a href="https://babka.social/tags/sanitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sanitation</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> who clean our streets and perform other essential, unrecognized <a href="https://babka.social/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a>."</p><p><a href="https://unpacked.media/jewish-artist-mierle-laderman-ukeles-turned-trash-collection-into-a-radical-act-her-story-is-told-in-maintenance-artist/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">unpacked.media/jewish-artist-m</span><span class="invisible">ierle-laderman-ukeles-turned-trash-collection-into-a-radical-act-her-story-is-told-in-maintenance-artist/</span></a></p>
Alo Japan<p><a href="https://www.alojapan.com/1337541/four-workers-die-in-japan-manhole-accident-near-tokyo/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">alojapan.com/1337541/four-work</span><span class="invisible">ers-die-in-japan-manhole-accident-near-tokyo/</span></a> Four workers die in Japan manhole accident near Tokyo <a href="https://channels.im/tags/accident" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>accident</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/after" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>after</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/authorities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authorities</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/die" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>die</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/died" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>died</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/falling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>falling</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/four" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>four</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Have" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Have</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/in" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>in</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/inspected" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inspected</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/into" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>into</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/manhole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>manhole</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/near" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>near</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/pipes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pipes</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/said" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>said</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sewage</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/They" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>They</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Tokyo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tokyo</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/TokyoNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TokyoNews</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/%E6%9D%B1%E4%BA%AC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>東京</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/%E6%9D%B1%E4%BA%AC%E9%83%BD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>東京都</span></a> AFP 3 Aug, 2025 07:02 AM2 mins to read Subscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.Subscribe now ‌ SaveShare this articleCopy LinkEmailFacebookTwitter/XL</p>
Nonilex<p>Weighing on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> market are the lingering effects of higher <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InterestRates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InterestRates</span></a> that were used by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalReserve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalReserve</span></a> to fight <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a>; Trump’s massive import taxes &amp; the costs &amp; uncertainty they are imposing on businesses; &amp; an anticipated drop in foreign <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> as Trump’s massive <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportation</span></a> plans move forward.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trumpcession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpcession</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a></p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalGovernment</span></a> is paying more than 154,000 people not to work<br>
Early resignation offers &amp; other programs have reduced the workforce, but the moves are a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/waste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>waste</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a>.</p><p>The number…accounts for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> at dozens of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a> who took offers from the govt as of June to get paid through Sept 30 — the end of the fiscal year — or the end of 2025 &amp; then voluntarily leave, significantly reducing several major agencies, per <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OPM</span></a> ofcls….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <br><a href="https://wapo.st/3IRXIlK" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wapo.st/3IRXIlK</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Taken as a whole, the data from the first 6 months of the year tell a more consistent story of anemic, though positive, economic growth.</p><p>Many forecasters expect a further deterioration in the months ahead, as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> work their way through <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SupplyChains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupplyChains</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>federal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JobCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JobCuts</span></a> filter<br>through the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> &amp; stricter <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> policies take a toll on industries that rely on foreign-born <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>
prau<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://union.place/@PeachMcD" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>PeachMcD</span></a></span></p><p>Yes! Mass production exists for mass consumption. <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Workers</span></a> are participants in the process.</p><p> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@skeletor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>skeletor</span></a></span></p>
PeachMcD<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@skeletor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>skeletor</span></a></span> </p><p>The biggest con the <a href="https://union.place/tags/CorporateMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateMedia</span></a> has pulled off is rebranding <a href="https://union.place/tags/Workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Workers</span></a> as <a href="https://union.place/tags/Consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Consumers</span></a></p><p>Who does the work? WE DO<br>Who creates the wealth? WE DO</p><p>Solidarity from Tacoma WA <br>:BLM: :af: :better_pride: :iww:🇵🇸🖖</p>
Stefan F. Wirth<p>The <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/slave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slave</span></a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/ant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ant</span></a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Formica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Formica</span></a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/fusca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fusca</span></a> (<a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Formicinae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Formicinae</span></a>) is seen here on common <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/tansy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tansy</span></a> collecting <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/honeydew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>honeydew</span></a> from and guarding the <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/aphid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aphid</span></a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Metopeurum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Metopeurum</span></a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/fuscoviride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fuscoviride</span></a>. The <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> of this ant <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/species" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>species</span></a>, which builds <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/polygynous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polygynous</span></a> subterranean nests, are often exploited by other species for nest building. As C. Carere et al. (2018) found, there is a linear link between <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/individual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>individual</span></a> and <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/collective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>collective</span></a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/behavior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>behavior</span></a>.</p><p>©<a href="https://biologists.social/tags/StefanFWirth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StefanFWirth</span></a> Berlin 2025</p><p>Ref<br>C. Carere et al. (2018)<br><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2018.07.009" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2018.</span><span class="invisible">07.009</span></a></p><p><a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Photos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photos</span></a><br>©S F. Wirth 2025</p>