Simon Zryd

Trump's moves against the media mirror approaches by authoritarian leaders to silence dissent Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump has waged an aggressive campaign against the media unlike any in modern U.S. history, making moves similar to those of authoritarian leaders…

“There is a very strange kind of self-censorship in America. Even with European eyes, it is very frightening to see to what degree individual bravery does not exist. From Zuckerberg to ABC, everyone immediately surrenders." apnews.com/article/trum...

Petition lanciert: Die Schweiz braucht eine starke Stimme im Ausland | SSM Mit seiner heutigen Botschaft zum Entlastungspaket 27 hat der Bundesrat erneut bestätigt, den Bundesbeitrag ans Auslandmandat streichen zu wollen. Mit einer gemeinsamen Petition fordern die Auslandsch...

Die Existenz von Swissinfo ist gefährdet. Und damit auch die Stimme der Schweiz im Ausland (und mein Job🙃)

Hier die Petition für unseren Erhalt unterschreiben: www.ssm-site.ch/petition-lan...

👉 swissinfo-petition.ch/de

Sold all our HomePod minis. Feels good.

Natürlich ist E-Sport noch Schach. Finde es als Zuschauer schon unterhaltsam.

Sonnenuntergang hinter Gräsern und Glockenblumen, weiches Licht

Ich liebe Juniabende 💜

#photography #oldlens

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Alt text: A page from a textbook or educational material. The title at the top reads "Moving Out." Below, the text states, "When the European settlers arrived, they needed land to live on. The First Nations peoples agreed to move to different areas to make room for the new settlements." A section labeled "A" asks to "Answer the questions with the help of the map," followed by the heading "European Settlements on First Nations Land." There is a colorful illustration of an exchange between two cartoon figures on the left.

The MAGA history books have arrived. Meanwhile, West Point no longer allows its professors to teach about Wounded Knee in history class.

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Die Stadt Bern kommuniziert neu auch über Bluesky. Damit bietet die Stadt neben demThreema-Feed eine weitere Alternative zu X. Die Präsenz auf X wird vorerst weitergeführt.

www.bern.ch/mediencenter/medienmitteilungen/aktuell_ptk/stadt-bern-kommuniziert-neu-auch-ueber-bluesky

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The Zuckerbergs Founded Two Bay Area Schools. Now They’re Closing. Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, opened the schools to help communities of color. Some families wonder if the shutting of the schools is related to his D.E.I. retrenchment.

Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, opened two schools to help communities of color. Now they're closing, and some families wonder if the closures are related to his DEI retrenchment.

Auch in der Schweiz 🇨🇭

SRG 👀

Air Force deletes pages on first female Thunderbirds pilot amid DEI purge The U.S. Air Force has taken down content honoring trailblazing female pilots, including the first woman to fly with the elite air squadron.

The erasing continues.

Erase them and disappear them.

They're definitely coming after women's rights -- voting, right to work, right to own a biz, right to have a checking account, right to body autonomy, you name it.

They're telegraphing the whole play with these moves.

Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.

Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.

Katy Perry hat gestern mit einem Privatausflug ins All in 10 Minuten mehr CO2-Emissionen verursacht als ein durchschnittlicher Mensch in seinem ganzen Leben.

Mich kotzt es an, wie mein Berufsstand ständig beleidigt, verunglimpft und verleumdet wird! So viele Journalisten machen täglich einen tollen Job! Und überlegt mal, welche Narrative ihr übernehmt. Ist das gleiche in ner anderen Farbe, was diejenigen verzapfen, von denen ihr euch sonst distanziert.

Hört doch endlich auf mit eurem undifferenzierten Medienbashing! Es ist ja schon bezeichnend, dass wir wahlweise gleichzeitig von rechts oder von links gesteuert sein sollen, je nachdem, wen man fragt und wie es gerade in den Kram passt!

Gannett will stop publishing diversity information, citing Trump’s executive order The company also removed mentions of "diversity" from its corporate site.

Gannett will stop publishing diversity information, citing Trump’s executive order

Is The Podcast Industrial Complex Dead? When I set out to build podcastpower.cc, I wasn’t just creating another podcast app. I was crafting a vision of what’s possible when we embrace the full potential of Podcasting 2.0. In …

I launched a sample app that helps demonstrate the flexibility of Podcasting 2.0 RSS enhancements.

Chapters, live streaming, funding, transcripts and more.

Unique audio experiences are available for listeners, we just need to build them.

thepodcastsetup.com/is-the-podca...

Unfriendly Canadians US voters, % agreeing Canada is "unfriendly" or "an enemy" 30 Republican 20 10 Democrat 2016 18 20 22 24 25 The European Union is "unfriendly" or "an enemy" 30 Republican 20 10 Democrat 2016 T - 18 ㅜ 20 Source: YouGov/The Economist 22 TT 24 25

democrats risk losing swing voters if they don’t moderate their position on canada

Advertising giant WPP cuts diversity references from annual report | WPP | The Guardian Owner of Ogilvy and Grey agencies follows other multinationals in dropping or downplaying DEI policies since Trump’s election

„The Financial Times recently reported that more than 200 US companies have removed references to “diversity, equity and inclusion” from their annual reports since Trump’s election.“

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/30/advertising-giant-wpp-cuts-diversity-section-from-annual-report

US-Grenzkontrollen: Experte sieht verschärfte Praxis Mehrere Touristen sind bei der Einreise in die USA inhaftiert worden. Der Immigrationsanwalt Lorenz Wolffers ordnet ein.

Mehrere Touristen sind bei der Einreise in die USA inhaftiert worden. Der Immigrationsanwalt Lorenz Wolffers ordnet ein.

https://www.srf.ch/news/international/bei-einreise-verhaftet-auslaender-in-us-haft-toleranz-teils-auf-unter-null-gesunken

Really cool actually, thanks a lot!

swiyu

Schweizer E-ID in der Public Beta testen? Link auf den App Store iOS. apps.apple.com/ch/app/swiyu...

Screenshot of Bluesky skeet about FT story where Venezuelan migrants who had signed papers to go back to Venezuela were instead sent to a prison in El Salvador. It has been reposted 393 times and liked 551 times.

Screenshot of tweet (on Twitter/X) about FT story where Venezuelan migrants who had signed papers to go back to Venezuela were instead sent to a prison in El Salvador. It has been viewed 357 times, retweeted 3 times and liked 7 times.

Same story, posted same time:
Bluesky - 393 reposts, 551 likes
Twitter/X - 3 retweets, 7 likes

Fully agree

BBC domestic radio will stay available internationally after all Just not from the BBC

Good news, everyone! Possibly

james.cridland.net/blog/2025/bb...

'Bloody Saturday' at Voice of America and other U.S.-funded networks Federal officials placed 1,300 employees at Voice of America on indefinite paid leave, while severing contracts with Radio Free Asia and other U.S.-funded networks.

More depressing news out of the USA today. www.npr.org/2025/03/15/n...